Victim of Stapleton Road stabbing named as man appears in court charged with murder

The victim has been named as 25-year-old Kunta Ceesay Credit: Handout

A man who died from injuries following a knife attack in Bristol has been named a 25-year-old Kunta Ceesay.

Kunta died from his injuries at Southmead Hospital following the incident on Stapleton Road on Friday 20 September.

The preliminary results of a forensic post-mortem examination found he sustained a stab wound to the chest.

Shakawan Siddiqi, 32, of Wade Street St Pauls, appeared at Bristol Magistrates' Court on the morning of Monday 23 September charged with his murder.

He wore a grey tracksuit and kept his head bowed in the minute long hearing. He was remanded in custody and is due at Crown Court at 10am on Tuesday 24 September.

Two women, aged 36 and 47, arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender have been released under investigation.