Teenagers face trial for murder

The trial of two teenagers accused of the murder of a schoolboy in Essex is due to start on Monday 27 October, police have said.

Jack Large, 14, was stabbed in the back and head in an attack in Grange Hill on Friday 30 November 2007 and died at the London Hospital two days later.

Two boys from Chigwell, aged 14 and 15, are each accused with murder, and have been remanded to secure accommodation.

Their trial at Chelmsford Crown Court is expected to last three weeks.