Retrial over missing Hastings man's murder

The jury was discharged in the trial of two people accused of murdering a Hastings man whose body is missing yesterday (Monday, December 19).
By The Newsroom
Published 20th Dec 2016, 16:13 BST
Updated 29th Dec 2016, 15:30 BST

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Karl Bunster has been missing since December 17, 2015. Photo courtesy of Sussex PoliceKarl Bunster has been missing since December 17, 2015. Photo courtesy of Sussex Police
Karl Bunster has been missing since December 17, 2015. Photo courtesy of Sussex Police

Karl Bunster was last seen in Mann Street on December 17, 2015, with police making several appeals for information to help find the 37-year-old.

Ben Walton and Stacey McClymont both of Cowick Hill, Exeter, Devon, were charged with murdering him and have been standing trial at Croydon Crown Court.

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Jurors were discharged on Monday and a retrial scheduled for May 12 at the same court.

Walton, 48, was also charged with two counts of possession of a class B drug, possessing a stun gun and possession of ammunition for a firearm without a certificate.

McClymont, 28, was also charged with one count of possession of a class B drug.

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