FIVE people accused of shooting Reece James Menzies in Boscombe will stand trial this week.

They are accused of murdering the 21-year-old in Roumelia Lane on July 25 last year.

Wayne Stephenson, 33, Keifer Hutchinson, 22, Jarome Parkinson, 24, all from London, and Kieron Wellington, 29, and Miss Terri Campbell, 22, both from Bournemouth, deny the charge.

Stephenson, Hutchinson and Parkinson were arrested at addresses in London and the Folkstone area of Kent on August 21 last year.

Wellington and Campbell were arrested at an address in Westbourne the following month.

The trial will take place at Winchester Crown Court today, although the prosecution opening is not expected to be heard until later in the week.

Timothy Mousley QC, and Simon Jones, will prosecute the case, which will last around seven weeks.

Mr Menzies, from London, was discovered dead in a flat at the junction of Roumelia Lane and Sea Road in the early hours of July 25.

He had been shot in the head.

A Contempt of Court Order is currently in place banning publication of the defendants’ addresses following legal submissions from their solicitors, who argued it could have significant impact on the investigation or administration of justice.

Mr Menzies lived with his uncle and worked for his plastering business. His baby daughter Takayla was born 10 weeks before he died.