Six teenage boys have been charged with the murder of Gordon Gault in Newcastle (Northumbria Police/PA)
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Tom Wilkinson30 June 2023
Six youths have appeared in court charged with murdering a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death.
Gordon Gault died in hospital six days after he was knifed in the Elswick area of Newcastle last November.
Five 17-year-olds and a 16-year-old appeared in the dock at Newcastle Crown Court for a brief hearing where Judge Penny Moreland remanded them to secure youth accommodation.
They cannot be identified by the media due to their age.
No pleas were entered and a provisional trial date was set for November 14, with a pre-trial hearing on July 28.
