Two young men have appeared in court charged with the murder of missing teenager.
Ben Cook, 19, and Louis Michael Hackett, 19, are alleged to have murdered Kieran Williams, 18, on April 18. The pair appeared in the dock together at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court on Monday morning.
Kieran was reported missing from his home on Esplanade West in Sunderland on April 18. Extensive searches were carried out by officers and his body was found in Pallion near the Northern Spire Bridge on Thursday.