A 16-YEAR-OLD boy has denied the murder of a Slough teenager.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged after Abdul Aziz Faiz Ansari was killed on Trelawney Avenue in Langley on May 5, 2022.
A post-mortem examination concluded Abdul’s cause of death as a stab wound to the chest.
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Appearing at Reading Crown Court this morning (June 29), the defendant pleaded not guilty to the murder of the 18-year-old.
He will now face a trial at Reading Crown Court starting on Monday, November 7.
The trial is expected to last five days, Reading Crown Court heard at a preliminary hearing this morning.
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Addressing the boy, who is also from Slough, Her Honour Judge Norton said: “Your trial is going to be on the seventh of November. That may be a long way away, but there is quite a lot of stuff that has to be done before then.
“You have to give your lawyers as much help as you can. They are going to need you to tell all the details about what happened so they can give me a defence statement.
“It is something your lawyers will write for you and what it has in it is why you say you are not guilty.
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“It’s really important we get those details.”
Barristers will next meet to discuss the case on Friday, September 23.
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