THREE people accused of murdering Reece James Menzies in a Bournemouth flat appeared in court yesterday.

Keifer Hutchinson, 22, Kieron Wellington, 29, and Terri Campbell, 22, were before Judge Guy Boney QC at Winchester Crown Court for a preliminary hearing.

They are accused, together with Wayne Stephenson, 33, and Jarome Parkinson, 24, of killing the 21-year-old London-er in Roumelia Lane, Bos-combe, on July 25 this year.

Reece, who had recently become a father, was found fatally injured. He had been shot in the head.

Hutchinson, Wellington, Campbell, Stephenson and Parkinson are due to appear at Winchester on January 18 next year for a plea and case management hearing.