A 23-year-old man will appear before Brecon magistrates this morning charged with the murder of serving soldier Matthew Boyd at the weekend.

A 22-year-old man will also appear, charged with affray.

The family of the 20-year-old member of the Royal Regiment of Gibraltar have thanked the community of Brecon for its "kindness" and condolences following his death.

A statement said: "We would like to thank the community of Brecon for their thoughts and condolences. It has given us such strength as a family at this horrendous time. Matthew was a kind and popular young man, and it has been wonderful to see his warm and kind personality being replicated through the kindness of complete strangers.

"We would like to thank the police for all of the work that they have done in getting to this point, and will continue to do everything in our power to support them in getting justice for Matthew.

"The people of Gibraltar have been fantastic to us, and we are grateful for their support. We are particularly grateful for the support from those currently in Brecon from Matthew’s regiment, the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, who have gone out of their way to support us. We look forward to bringing Matthew home to Gibraltar.

"We now ask for time and space for us to come to terms with this devastating news."