THE trial of three people accused of murdering Boscombe man Geoffrey Reed will begin this morning.

Stuart Raymond Wareham, 25, of Cecil Road, Boscombe, Benjamin Henry Walter, 21, and Lee Raymond Wareham, 32, both of no fixed address, are accused to murdering Mr Reed, 57, in Bournemouth between June 6 and June 14 last year.

Mr Reed, who was a convicted sex offender, went missing from his flat in Cecil Road.

His remains were discovered in an area of woodland off Huntick Road, Lytchett Matravers, north of Poole.

Follow the trial with the Echo's live updates from 10.30am this morning.