Two teenagers face trial accused of murder of boy in Peterborough
Baye Bireme Fall was attacked near the Ortongate Centre shopping centre
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Two teenagers are facing a trial later this year, charged with the murder of a 16 year-old boy, who was stabbed to death.
Baye Bireme Fall was attacked near the Ortongate Centre shopping centre in Peterborough on Sunday, Cambridgeshire Police said.
A post-mortem examination recorded that he died from a single stab wound, the force said.
Emidas Krutkevicius, 18, of Peterborough, and a 15-year-old boy who cannot be identified for legal reasons are charged with Baye’s murder.
Both defendants appeared by video-link before Cambridge Crown Court on Friday, with the judge and barristers removing their wigs because of the age of the youth defendant.
The youth defendant’s parents listened to proceedings from the public gallery.
Neither defendant was asked to enter a plea and no application for bail was made.
Both defendants spoke to confirm their name and date of birth, and to confirm that they understood what was happening and could hear.
Judge Mark Bishop instructed that a plea hearing would take place at the same court on May 19.
He set a provisional trial date of October 12 at Huntingdon Crown Court.
The trial is expected to last around four weeks.
He remanded Krutkevicius in custody, and the 15-year-old into youth detention accommodation.