Trial Date Set For Murder Accused

    Two people from Huddersfield will stand trial for murder in February next year.

    41 year old Mohammed Shiraz Bashir and 23 year old Leonie Marie Mason of Holme Park Court, Berry Brow, have been charged with the murder of Craig Nelson (pictured).

    34 year old Mr Nelson, also known as Craig Preston, was found on moorland near the Woodhead Tunnels, off the Woodhead Pass, on August 22.

    A post-mortem examination revealed he died as a result of extensive head injuries.

    Bashir and Mason appeared before Judge Sarah Wright at Sheffield Crown Court via video link from prison and the case will next be heard on January 10 for a case review.

    A trial has been listed for February 10 next year.

    South Yorkshire Police have also arrested five teenagers – four boys and one girl – all aged 15 and all currently on Police bail.

    The boys were arrested on suspicion of murder and the girl on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

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