One murder charge dismissed over St Pauls stabbing
Two other men are due to go on trial in October charged with the murder of Eddie Kinuthia
The case against one of three men charged with murdering a teenager who was stabbed to death in a park has been dismissed.
Cartell Williams, 28, was one of three people facing trial over the death of Eddie King Muthemba Kinuthia.
The 19-year-old suffered multiple stab wounds in an incident in Grosvenor Road Triangle Park in St Pauls, Bristol, on July 21 2023.
The murder charge against Williams was dismissed at a hearing at Bristol Crown Court earlier this week. He continues to serve a prison term for other offences.
Zachariah Talbert Young, 27, of Easton, and Paul Elijah Hayden, 21, of Hanham, both Bristol, face trial later this year, accused of murder.
A third defendant, Remi Hitchcock, 30, of Easton, also faces trial accused of assisting an offender in relation to the death of Mr Kinuthia.
Talbert Young and Hayden are also accused of the attempted murder of a man in his late teens who was found with stab wounds at the junction of Easton Road and Easton Way in Bristol on February 2 2024.
The trial is due to begin on October 6 and is expected to last up to six weeks.