A TEENAGE boy is due to go on trial today accused of murdering a man in Bournemouth last summer.

The 16-year-old boy, from London, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of murdering James Cutting.

The offence is said to have happened in Boscombe Chine Gardens on June 30.

The teenager also faces charges of attempting to murder another man, wounding with intent and being concerned in the supply of class A drugs – cocaine and diamorphine – to another.

The boy denied all charges when he appeared in court for a hearing on November 20.

Two men are also set to go on trial for separate alleged offences.

Khalid Nuur Mohamed, aged 19 and of Grange Park Road, Leyton, Waltham Forest, is accused of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and diamorphine to another and assisting an offender.

Nicholas Mark Bransky, aged 49, and of Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, is accused of assisting an offender.

Mohamed and Bransky have pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Ahead of the trial, the boy and Mohamed have been remanded in custody, while Bransky has been on bail.

The trial is due to begin at Winchester Crown Court at 11.30am.

The court case is being presided over by the Recorder of Winchester his honour judge Keith Cutler CBE.

As reported, local Bournemouth man Mr Cutting, aged 31, died after being found with stab wounds in Boscombe Chine Gardens on the evening of June 30.

Following his death a bunch of flowers were left by the path through Boscombe Chine Gardens. A note with the tribute read: “Be free my angel.”

The gardens were cordoned off by officers following his death, with marked police and detectives from the major crime investigation team in the area carrying out inquiries.