Three men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a South Shields man.
Michael Raine, 34, of Grace House in Percy Main, North Tyneside, Scott Mitchell, 24, of no fixed abode, and Shaun Riches, 24, of Wycliffe Avenue in Newcastle, have all been charged with the murder of Faisel Ames Abdou.
Faisel died in hospital hours after an alleged stabbing at a home on Marshall Wallis Road in South Shields on Saturday, March 5.