Four deny murder of Kettering man Tairu Jallow

Four men have appeared in Northampton Crown Court charged with the murder of a Kettering man.

Gambian national Tairu Jallow, 29, was stabbed to death at his home in Havelock Street on January 14.

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Tairu Jallow. NNL-180117-153954005

Three Birmingham men and a man from Nottingham were arrested and appeared at Northampton Crown Court this afternoon (March 9).

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Flowers left outside Tairu Jallow's house in Kettering

All four men have pleaded not guilty to murder.

Clever Makande, 23, Kausa Ceesay, 23, and Ngange Sowe, 29, all from Birmingham, will stand trial for the killing on July 17.

They will be joined by Babacarr Slyva, 31, from Nottingham.

The trial is expected to last four weeks.

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