Trial set for man accused of 51-year-old's murder
BBCA trial date has been set for a man accused of murdering a man in Peterlee.
Kenneth Fishwick, 53, did not enter any pleas when he appeared at Teesside Crown Court on Tuesday.
He is accused of murdering 51-year-old Dean Fishwick, who died in hospital after being found injured at a property on Thames Road on 23 September.
A trial was set for 12 April 2027, with Kenneth Fishwick remanded in custody ahead of a plea hearing on 26 October.
A spokesperson for Durham Police previously said a 73-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of murder had been bailed, while a 77-year-old man previously arrested for the same offence had been released under investigation.
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