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Stab murder accused pair remanded | |
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A 20-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy have been remanded in custody charged with the murder of a father-of-seven attacked in a Lancashire park. | |
Mohammed Raja Shafiq, 50, was trying to stop a fight when he was hit and stabbed in Thompson park, Burnley. | |
Mohammad Bilal Baktti, of Holcombe Drive, Burnley, and a youth, who cannot be named because of his age, appeared before Burnley magistrates. | |
They are both charged with murder and violent disorder. | |
Mohammed Shahdab Akhtar, 19, of Scott Park Road, Burnley, and Omar Khalid, 19, of Fairfield Drive, Burnley, also appeared in court charged with violent disorder. | |
Phone call | |
All four were remanded in custody until 17 March. | |
Elizabeth Reed, prosecuting, said the victim suffered a fractured skull and a 6.7in (17cm) deep stab wound from a knife which caused "uncontrollable bleeding". | |
She explained that none of the weapons believed to have been used in the attack have yet been recovered. | |
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating a phone call made by Mr Shafiq, who lived in Nelson, to police shortly before he was murdered. | |
Lancashire Police said the call and their response had caused them "some concern" and referred the matter to the IPCC. |