A SECOND man suspected of the murder of a man who suffered fatal head injuries during an attack is to go on trial this summer.
Christopher Hills, who is accused of killing 36-year-old Michael Price, entered a ‘not guilty’ plea at Newcastle Crown Court on Friday.
Mr Price suffered was badly beaten during an incident in Victor Street, Chester-le-Street, on January 13.
He received medical treatment but died in hospital 11 days later.
Hills, 30, of Gregory Terrace, Houghton-le Spring, has to been listed to appear alongside Paul Ronald Watson, also 30, of The Crescent, Chester-le-Street, who denied murder at a previous hearing.
Both men are due to go on trial in Newcastle Crown Court on July 16 and have been remanded into custody until then.
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