Man in court over jockey murders

Peter Brown was remanded in custody until his next court appearance

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of two apprentice jockeys who died in a fire at a flat in North Yorkshire.

Peter William Brown, 37, from Malton, North Yorkshire, appeared at Scarborough Magistrates' Court where he was remanded in custody.

Jamie Kyne, 18, from County Galway, and Jan Wilson, 19, from Forfar, died in the fire in Norton on 5 September.

Mr Brown will next appear at Leeds Crown Court on 4 December.

Two other young jockeys were injured as they escaped the blaze.

A series of tributes were held at racecourses and yards across Britain and Ireland after the deaths of the two young riders, who were on the second floor of the flat when the fire broke out.