Overview
- Bhekisani Matabiswana, 26, and Natalie Chadwick, 27, appeared at Blackburn Magistrates’ Court on November 5 and were remanded in custody for the Crown Court hearing.
- Defence solicitors indicated not guilty pleas will be entered when the case proceeds at Preston Crown Court.
- Police on patrol found paramedics treating Luke Harden, 37, on Newchurch Road at about 12:35am on November 1, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
- A Home Office post-mortem has so far returned an unascertained cause of death, with further forensic examinations ongoing.
- Lancashire Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam or doorbell footage from 11:45pm to 12:35am and for anyone at the Rosemount Working Men’s Club to come forward, while urging against online speculation and clarifying the male suspect is not an asylum seeker.