A Coventry teenager has appeared in court charged with a gang murder of a 43-year-old Exeter man.
The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of murdering Stephen Crook in Exeter, 10 days ago.
The 17-year-old appeared in Exeter magistrates court today along with 39-year-old Darren Twigger, also from Coventry.
The youth, Twigger, of John Rous Avenue, and a third man, 25-year-old Ryan Singleton, of Howcotte Green, Coventry, and are all charged with murder along with a fourth man, Steven Webster, 40, from Okehampton, Devon.
Singleton and Webster appeared in the same court on different days last week.
All four have been remanded in custody and will appear before a judge at Exeter Crown Court next month.
Mr Crook was stabbed to death at his terraced home in Alphington Road, Exeter, a week last Thursday.
Prosecutor David Burgess told the special court on Saturday: "Mr Crook was stabbed to death in his flat. The youth is part of a group."
