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Jury in East Lancashire murder trial discharged after failing to reach verdict THE JURY in a murder trial have been discharged by a judge after they failed to reach a verdict. Members of the jury in the Stuart Newton murder trial were sent out to deliberate on Monday – meaning they have been considering the case for the last three days. However after failing to meet a majority verdict, Judge Suzanne Goddard QC discharged them on Wednesday afternoon, thanking them for their service. Nathan Williams, 31, of Mount Pleasant Street, Oswaldtwistle, was charged with the murder of 65-year-old...

Verdict in Oswaldtwistle murder trial could be returned on Monday The jury in a murder trial have been told to return to court on Monday when a judge will direct them to consider their verdict after two weeks of hearing evidence at Preston Crown Court. On Friday, judge Suzanne Goddard finished summing up the evidence in the case, and directed jurors to consider what they had heard, but to return on Monday when she would officially send them to deliberate. Last year, Nathan Williams, 31, of Mount Pleasant Street, Oswaldtwistle, was charged with the murder of 65-year-old Stuart Newton, af...

Jury in Stuart Newton murder trial must consider whether fatal blows were inflicted by defendant, or someone else A defence barrister has told a jury that they must consider whether it was another man who delivered the fatal blows to a 65-year-old grandfather, and not the man charged with his murder. During the closing speeches in the Stuart Newton murder trial at Preston Crown Court on Thursday, Paul Storrie told the jury they needed to be completely sure that it was defendant Nathan Williams who kicked and stamped on the Oswaldtwistle grandfather’s head in February last year, and not ...

Preston Crown Court A PROSECUTION barrister has told the defendant in a murder trial that it was him and him alone who was responsible for killing a 65-year-old man. At Preston Crown Court, Andrew Ford QC put it to Nathan Williams that the injuries Stuart Newton sustained, which resulted in his death, were inflicted by Williams and nobody else. Cross-examining the 31-year-old, who stands accused of killing Mr Newton in Oswaldtwistle in February 2020, Mr Ford said: “When he was down did you kick him full force in the face like a football?” Williams responded: “I never kicked him,...

By Amy Farnworth Last updated: Stuart Newton was found in a flat in Oswaldtwistle on Thursday February 13 2020, but died in hospital the following day. A 30-year-old man, Nathan Williams now 31, was charged with his murder and is standing trial at Preston Crown Court. Police were called to the property, in Worsley Court, in the early hours of the morning, and found Mr Newton with serious head injuries He was taken to Royal Preston Hospital but died from his injuries on Friday February 14. Williams, 30, of Mount Pleasant Road, Oswaldtwis...