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Two face trial charged with robbing and killing man

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Austin Ironside, 25, died in hospital in Aberdeen

Two men are to stand trial charged with robbing and killing another man in Aberdeen.

Shaun Lerche, 35, and Scott Adams, 47, allegedly attacked Austin Ironside in Skene Street on 3 August last year.

It is alleged a knife was presented at the 25-year-old before he was restrained. The pair are then accused of striking him on the head with a bottle and robbing him of items including money.

He is said to have been left so severely hurt that he died two days later in hospital. A trial was fixed for next year.

As well as the culpable homicide charge, Lerche separately faces two shoplifting allegations.

The case called for a short hearing at the High Court in Glasgow where not guilty pleas were entered.

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Police were called to Skene Street in August last year

Prosecutor Leanne McQuillian said: "A trial for May 2027 is suitable for the Crown and that is in Glasgow."

Judge Douglas Brown fixed that date for the case, which could last about seven days.