Jury deliberating in Wolverhampton Asda car park murder trial

The jury is deliberating in the case of a man accused of the murder of a grandfather who was fatally stabbed in a Wolverhampton shopping precinct.

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Martin Latham

Martin Latham, 41, was stabbed eight times in the chest outside Asda, in Wolverhampton Road, Heath Town, just on September 6 last year and died later in hospital.

Defendant Brian Willington, 33, is on trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court, accused of the murder of Mr Latham, who lived in Ward Street, Ettingshall.

Willington, of Hawkley Close, Moseley, Wolverhampton, denies murder and having an article with a blade or a point in a public place. The trial continues.