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Man pleads not guilty to city centre murder

Eleanor LawsonWest Midlands
News imageBBC A police car parked in a narrow industrial street. Floral tributes can be seen at the opposite side of the road. Blue and white police tape cordons off the road ahead of the vehicle. Further up the roads another police vehicle can be seen and a blue police tent. BBC
Joseph Wills Jr has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Brad Thomas who was found wounded in Wolverhampton city centre in July

A man has pleaded not guilty to murder over a stabbing in Wolverhampton city centre.

Brad Thomas, aged 27, died after being found with a chest injury at a car park on Clarence Street on 5 July.

Joseph Wills Jr, aged 37, appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Tuesday where in addition to denying murder he pleaded not guilty to possession of a knife.

His father, 65-year-old Joseph Wills Sr, pleaded not guilty to assisting an offender. A trial has been scheduled for 1 February.

In a tribute previously released via West Midlands Police, Thomas's family said: "Brad was a loving son, father and brother and was one of a kind.

"He will be missed by all his friends and family, our boy."

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