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A second man arrested in a London homicide investigation has been released on bail.

Philip Scott Pearson, 34, appeared by video in court on Saturday.

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Pearson was arrested Friday and is charged with assaulting William (Bill) in what police describe as an altercation before MacPherson’s body was found Aug. 10 near the Thames River south of downtown.

Pearson wore an orange jumpsuit at his bail hearing. He has a thin build, a chest tattoo and facial hair.

Pearson’s bail conditions require him to live with his parents but he also has permission to stay at a rehabilitation facility in London.

Pearson is prohibited from having any weapons and communicating with more than two dozen people, including Timothy Paul Carew, 48, who’s accused of two counts of assaulting MacPherson.

Carew was arrested Aug. 12, police said.

MacPherson’s body was found Aug. 10 on the west bank of the Thames River near Wortley Road and Stanley Street.

The investigation into his death – the city’s fourth homicide of the year – is ongoing, police said.

The assault charges against Pearson and Carew stem from information about an “altercation” investigators received while probing MacPherson’s homicide, police said.