Two not guilty of murdering ambulance worker

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Image caption, Sheldon Flanighan, 55, died after being hit by a van in a pub car park
At a glance
  • Two people charged with the murder of ambulance worker Sheldon Flanighan are cleared
  • Mr Flanighan died in a pub car park in Northumberland in April
  • David Fairclough and Shannon Wooden had their not guilty pleas accepted by a judge
  • Another man will stand trial for murder and attempted murder in October

Two people have been cleared of the murder of an ambulance worker who was hit by a van outside a pub.

Sheldon Flanighan, 55, died and another man was injured in the car park of the Bay Horse Inn, Cramlington, Northumberland, on 1 April.

David Fairclough, 32, of Emerson Road, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, and Shannon Wooden, 28, of Patterdale House, Blyth, denied murder and attempted murder, and their not guilty pleas were accepted.

Toby Kelly, 37, of Wansbeck Avenue, Blyth, has also denied both charges and will stand trial at Newcastle Crown Court on 3 October.

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Image caption, Mr Flanighan was pronounced dead in the pub car park, police said

After the not guilty pleas were entered, Judge Penny Moreland said: "The Crown offer no evidence and invite me to enter not guilty verdicts.

"Those verdicts will be entered."

Care assistant Mr Flanighan had worked for the North East Ambulance Service for 29 years at Ashington and Blucher stations and had two sons.

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