Three charged with murder appear at crown court
Three people charged with murder after a man died following a suspected stabbing in Market Rasen have appeared at Lincoln Crown Court.
Danny Fowler, 37, from Newtoft, died from multiple stab wounds after an incident in Union Street at about 5.10pm on Thursday, according to Lincolnshire Police.
Ryan Townhill, 29, of no fixed address, Martin Doocey, 55, of Waverley Court, Queen Street, Market Rasen, and Shannon Doocey, 31, of Mill Street, Market Rasen, have all been charged with Mr Fowler's murder.
Shannon Doocey has also been charged with having an offensive weapon in a public place and Townhill is additionally charged with having a bladed article in a public place.
All three defendants appeared on Monday afternoon (March 16) before Judge Simon Hirst at Lincoln Crown Court for a preliminary hearing.
No pleas were entered and the case was adjourned for a plea and case management hearing at Lincoln Crown Court on May 11.
The case was also listed for a provisional trial date beginning at Lincoln Crown Court on September 14.
The trial is expected to last three to four weeks.
There were no bail applications and all three defendants were remanded into custody.
A fourth defendant, Joshua Wood, 23, of Malvern Road, Scunthorpe, also appeared in the dock charged with threatening with an offensive weapon in a public place in connection with the incident.
Wood was granted bail on condition he resides at an address in Newquay, Cornwall, reports to a local police station and does not enter Market Rasen.
A 26-year-old woman who was previously arrested on suspicion of manslaughter had been released on conditional police bail while investigations continued.