02/06/2006

Man charged over Bristol stabbing

A 30-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Barry Wilson in Bristol earlier this week.

Keith Hunt, from Ilminster Avenue, was remanded in custody to appear at Bristol Crown Court on June 9.

Mr Wilson, a 29-year-old father-of-three, was stabbed to death outside his home in Ilminster Avenue in the Knowle West area of Bristol on Tuesday. Taken to Bristol Royal Infirmary, he was later pronounced dead.

Earlier on the day he was killed, Mr Wilson had attended an anti-crime family fun day, organised by local police.

A post-mortem revealed that Mr Wilson had been stabbed twice, once in the neck and once in the heart.

(KMcA)

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