20/03/2015

Four Charged Over Coventry Nightclub Murder

Four men have been charged with the murder of a teenager outside a Coventry nightclub.

Daniel Kirkwood (18) was found with serious knife wounds to his neck outside the Society Club in the early hours of Sunday morning. He died in hospital on the same day.

Two other teenagers were also injured in the incident – an 18-year-old was stabbed in the back and a 17-year-old was slashed on the arm. Their injuries were not life-threatening.

Police arrested four men from Birmingham in connection with the Mr Kirkwood's murder.

Saker Shireen Khan, of Belchers Lane in Small Heath, Tobijah Thompson, of no fixed abode, both aged 24, 20-year-old Ramez Murtaza, of Bordesley Green East and 18-year-old Hasham Muqtaz Ali, of Amberley Green are due to appear before Coventry magistrates charged with murder and wounding.

(MH/CD)

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