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Murder trial jury begins deliberating in case of teenager killed in Stourbridge

A jury in the murder trial of four teenagers accused of killing a boy in Stourbridge has been sent out to deliberate on their verdict.

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Joseph Riches

Joseph Riches, who was 16, died after being stabbed in Coventry Street in Stourbridge town centre in July.

Nineteen-year-old Dray Simmonds of Dixons Green Road, Dixons Green, Dudley; Joshua Edgington, of Hallewell Road, Winson Green, also 19; and two 16-year-olds who cannot be named, all pleaded not guilty to murder.

The trial at Coventry Crown Court has so far lasted three weeks.

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