Wellingborough teen charged with murder of man found dead in River Nene
A teenager from Wellingborough has appeared in court charged with murder.
Conor Kinlan’s body was tragically pulled from the River Nene in Pleasure Fair Meadow Road, Peterborough, on January 24.
Now two men have been charged the murder of the 32-year-old, and have appeared in court.
Cole Mackaness, 19, of Baden Powell Way, Wellingborough, was arrested on Friday evening and has since been charged with murder and possession of an offensive weapon.
He appeared at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court this morning (Monday, February 2) and has also been remanded in custody to appear at Cambridge Crown Court tomorrow.
Thomas McShane, 19, of Collier Mews, Paston, Peterborough, has been charged with murder, possession of an offensive weapon and possession of a class B drug.
He appeared at Huntingdon Magistrates’ Court on Saturday (January 31) and has been remanded in custody to appear at Cambridge Crown Court tomorrow (3 February).
An 18-year-old man from Peterborough was also arrested yesterday on suspicion of murder. He remains in custody at Thorpe Wood Police Station.
An 18-year-old woman also from Peterborough was arrested yesterday on suspicion of assisting an offender. She remains in custody at Thorpe Wood Police Station.
A 19-year-old man, who had been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender last week, has been released on bail to return to Thorpe Wood Police Station on 29 April.
Conor’s body was found in the River Nene on January 24, hours after reports of him entering the water, and a postmortem investigation on Friday (January 30) gave a preliminary cause of death as drowning.