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22-Year-Old Remanded in Bowthorpe Murder Case With January Hearing and June Trial Set

Prosecutors anticipate psychiatric reports in the case, pending a January plea hearing.

Overview

  • Paramedics called to Layer Close for reported breathing difficulties found 71-year-old Terry McFadyen with multiple stab wounds, and he died at the scene on November 3.
  • Moses Fernandes, 22, appeared via prison videolink at Norwich Crown Court charged with Mr McFadyen’s murder.
  • Judge Alice Robinson scheduled a plea and trial preparation hearing for January 29 and pencilled a June 8 trial expected to last seven to eight days.
  • Fernandes was remanded in custody with no application for bail and was represented by Michael Clare, with Chris Youell prosecuting.
  • Mr McFadyen’s family paid tribute to a “kind, warm and gentle” grandfather, and a post-mortem cited blood loss and hypovolemic shock as the cause of death.