Four deny murder after two men die in A46 Leicester crash

The men died on the A46 near Leicestershire Credit: Google Street View

Four people have denied murder following the deaths of two men in a crash on the A46 last month.

Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, both 21, were killed in the collision in Leicestershire on February 11.

Natasha Akhtar, 21, Raees Jamal, 21, Rekan Karwan, 28, and Mohammed Patel, 20, all entered not guilty pleas to murder charges at Leicester Crown Court on Friday, a court spokesman said.

The four appeared in court alongside 45-year-old Ansreen Bukhari and 22-year-old Mahek Bukhari, who did not enter pleas to the same charges.

Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim ljazuddin, both 21, died in the crash

Earlier today two more people were charged with murder. The two men, Sanaf Gulammustafa aged 22, and Ameer Jamal, 27, appeared in front of a crown court judge for a preliminary hearing, where they too did not enter a plea to the charges.

The victims, both from Banbury, Oxfordshire, were in a silver Skoda which left the road just before the Six Hills junction near Leicester at around 1.35am.

They were pronounced dead at the scene, Leicestershire Police said at the time.