Shropshire Star

Oswestry teenager denies murder charge

A teenager from Oswestry denied murdering a young father when he appeared in court.

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Richard Adam Reece, 18, from Lord Street, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Danny Jones, 21, from Chirk , on April 24, when he appeared at Stafford Crown Court yesterday.

Mr Jones, a trainee accountant, who had a young son, died at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital after he suffered a single stab wound to the abdomen, close to the Oak Street car park in Oswestry.

Reece was remanded in custody to face trial at Birmingham Crown Court on October 21.