Three people appear in court charged with assisting Knowle West murderers
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Three people have appeared in court charged with assisting three of the teenagers who murdered two boys in Bristol last year. Max Dixon, 16, and Mason Rist, 15, were chased down and stabbed to death in the Knowle West area last January in a case of mistaken identity.
Five people – Antony Snook, 45, Riley Tolliver, 18, Kodi-Shai Wescott, 17, and two boys aged 15 and 16 who cannot be named due to their age – have been sentenced for their murders. On Tuesday, Marcus Williams, 31, of Hartcliffe, and Dominic Smith and Ellie Maddocks, both 25 and of Westbury-on-Trym, appeared before Bristol Magistrates’ Court.
Charges allege that Maddocks and Smith arranged for Kodi-Shai Wescott and the 16-year-old boy to stay overnight at a property in Westbury-on-Trym before transporting them to an unknown address in Weston-super-Mare. Williams is accused of driving Riley Tolliver to a property in Weston-super-Mare.
The defendants were not asked to enter pleas to the charges against them. District Judge Lynne Matthews told the defendants: “The case now goes from here to the crown court at Bristol, where you must appear on February 10. “You will be given unconditional bail until that date. If you fail to attend then, a warrant may be issued for your arrest. Do make sure you are there promptly.”.
Max and Mason, who had been best friends since nursery, died from stab wounds after being attacked outside Mason’s home on Ilminster Avenue on January 27 last year. Snook, Tolliver, Wescott and the two youths aged 15 and 16 were convicted of murdering both boys following a six-week trial at Bristol Crown Court.
