SIX teenagers will stand trial in the New Year accused of murdering Shane Tunney.

A date of April 6 was today set for the case after all the defendants denied the charge.

Kieron Harry Davis, 18, of Holme House Road, Stockton, and Brandon Pitt, 18, of Tithe Barn Road, Stockton, are among those accused.

The others - aged 16 and 17 - cannot be named for legal reasons.

Shane, 24, died in hospital almost five weeks after an incident on Holly Street in Norton, near Stockton, on June 27.