THE jury in the trial of a man accused of killing 29-year-old Tyron Charles went on a site visit earlier today to see for themselves an area of the district believed to be crucial to the case.

The jury made the journey from Bradford Crown Court in convoy, along with a police escort, and was accompanied by the judge and barristers in the case.

James Sutcliffe, 29, is on trial accused of murdering Mr Charles, but he claims that it was another man, Adrian Williams, who pulled the trigger and accidentally killed his friend.

A trial at Bradford Crown Court has previously heard that Mr Charles’s body was buried on moors near Oxenhope, with police only discovering its location after secretly bugging conversations in prison in which James Sutcliffe spoke of the crime to his parents – Kevin and Janet Sutcliffe, aged 60 and 62.

The court has been told that in the lead-up to Mr Charles’s death, James Sutcliffe was being pursued for debts linked to an Audi car insured on his business policy.

The jury had previously heard that after Mr Charles was shot in a shipping container on a smallholding off Foster Park View, Denholme, on September 6 last year, James Sutcliffe agreed to hide the body, but said he did so acting “in fear” of Mr Williams.

Sutcliffe denies a charge of murder, and along with his parents, all three defendants, of Hill Crest Road, Denholme, deny a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

The trial continues.