Date for Briton's US murder trial

The Entwistles had moved to the US after their daughter was born

A British man accused of killing his wife and baby in the US will go on trial in June, a judge has confirmed.

Neil Entwistle, 29, from Worksop, Nottinghamshire, is charged with fatally shooting his wife and daughter in Massachusetts in 2006.

US judge Diane Kottmyer confirmed that the former IT worker's trial, expected to last three weeks, will begin on 2 June at a Massachusetts court.

If found guilty, Mr Entwistle faces a life sentence. He denies all charges.

These include two counts of murder and related gun charges - carrying a firearm without a licence and possession of a firearm without a federal ID card.

Prosecutors allege Mr Entwistle shot and killed his 27-year-old wife, Rachel, and nine-month-old daughter, Lillian Rose, in the house they were renting in Hopkinton on 20 January 2006.

They say he then left the US for his parents' home in Worksop the following day.

But Mr Entwistle told police he panicked and fled to the UK after finding their bodies.

He was arrested on 9 February 2007 at Royal Oak underground station in London and extradited back to America. He was refused bail.