Hartlepool man charged with man's manslaughter due to stand trial at Teesside Crown Court next year
A trial date next year has been set for a man accused of manslaughter after another man died following an incident in the street.
Mark James, 37, is charged with manslaughter over the death of 57-year-old Tony Armstrong, who died in hospital a week after he was injured in an incident in St Paul’s Road on July 24.
The case was heard by Judge Jonathan Carroll at Teesside Crown Court on Monday, September 7.
James, of St Paul’s Road, Hartlepool, who is on conditional bail, was not asked to enter a plea.
But a trial has been listed for June next year with a further case management hearing set to take place in January.
The family of Mr Armstrong, who was a father of two daughters, earlier paid tribute to him in a statement saying he was "a deeply caring man who loved his family”.
They added: “He will be deeply missed and forever remembered.”