New Charges Pending In OC Manslaughter Case

SNOW HILL — Charges of manslaughter and assault were temporarily dropped this week against a West Ocean City man in the death of his longtime friend, but new charges will be filed including the original counts along with a few lesser offenses. 

George Doran Nottingham, 48, of West Ocean City, was scheduled to appear for trial on Wednesday for the second time for his role in the death of Michael E. Post, 39, of Ocean City outside the Harbor Inn early in the morning last Jan. 26. Nottingham was charged early this year with manslaughter and assault following a “playful incident among friends” outside the Harbor Inn on Somerset Street last January that ended in tragedy.

Nottingham was first tried in August, but after an emotional trial that took most of the day, a Worcester County jury deliberated for several hours deep into the evening before returning without a verdict. The hung jury could not come to a clear decision in the friendly altercation that went terribly wrong and a mistrial was declared.
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