Bristol man denies part in alleged kidnap and murder of man in 2019 View Image

A man from Bristol is one of two people who have appeared in court to deny their part in the alleged murder of a man who was kidnapped and died in 2019 after suffering burns.

West Midlands Police said Tomasz Samel, 45, was taken from his home in Raleigh Close, Handsworth, Birmingham, in a white van at about 8.45am on March 27 2019.

At about 10.45pm on the same day, Mr Samel, originally from Poland, banged on the door of a property in the village of Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, to get help.

After suffering 75% burns he was taken to hospital by ambulance, but died in a specialist hospital unit in Liverpool on June 21 of the same year.

Appearing at Birmingham Crown Court by video-link from HMP Nottingham on Fri

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