A second defendant has been named ahead of the trial of five people accused of the murder of two teenagers in Bristol. Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, died after being stabbed in Ilminster Avenue, in Knowle West, earlier this year.
Riley Tolliver, 18, is accused of their murders on January 27 alongside Anthony Snook, 45, and teenagers aged 15, 16 and 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
About 50 potential jurors were whittled down to 18 after being called into the courtroom at Bristol Crown Court today (Monday, October 7).
They were asked a number of questions, including whether they would be available to sit on the jury until the end of November. Trial judge Mrs Justice May told them: “The defendants face two charges of murder relating to the death of two teenagers earlier this year.”
The 18 were sent away from the courtroom. A total of 12 of them will be selected and sworn in tomorrow (Tuesday, October 8).