Post office murder suspects in court.Summary: Four men have denied murdering a sub-postmaster's son during an armed raid.Four men have denied murdering a sub-postmaster's son during an armed raid. Anselm Ribera, 34, Adrian Snape, 25, Christopher Morrissey, 32, and his 33-year-old brother, Declan Morrissey, will now face trial in October accused of killing Craig Hodson-Walker. The defendants also pleaded not guilty during a brief hearing at Birmingham Crown Court to the attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. of Mr Hodson-Walker's father. Craig Hodson-Walker, 29, died after being shot in the chest at the family-run post office and general store in Stourbridge Road, Fairfield, Worcestershire Fairfield is a village in Worcestershire, England. . His father, Ken Hodson-Walker, was also shot in the chest. Snape, of Small Heath, Birmingham Small Heath is an inner-city area within the city of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is situated on and around the busy A-Road called the Coventry Road. Small Heath is home to Birmingham City Football Club's St. Andrews stadium. , pleaded guilty to attempting to rob Mr Hodson-Walker and his parents at their shop on January 9. Christopher Morrissey, of Sheldon, Birmingham; Declan Morrissey, of Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands West Midlands, former metropolitan county, central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Birmingham conurbation and comprised seven metropolitan districts: Walsall, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Birmingham, Solihull, ; Ribera, of Druids druids (dr  `ĭdz), priests of ancient Celtic Britain, Ireland, and Gaul and probably of all ancient Celtic peoples, known to have existed at least since the 3d cent. BC. Heath, Birmingham;
all denied the same charge.
All four men also entered not guilty pleas to possessing a firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. with intent to endanger life, while Declan and Christopher Morrissey pleaded not guilty to a robbery which is alleged to have occurred on December 31 last year. Mr Justice Roderick Evans remanded all the defendants in custody and fixed their trial to begin on October 6. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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