THREE teenagers are facing a trial accused of murdering a man in Brentwood High Street.

Francis Ntena Nsiangangu, 31, was found in Tower Hill, Brentwood, on Saturday, September 27 last year.

A post-mortem examination revealed he died from a knife wound to is heart.

The three teenagers accused of his murder will return to Chelmsford Crown Court on June 22 for trial expected to last three weeks.

The three - Wilson Lourenco, a 19-year-old sales rep from Cheviot Drive, in Chelmsford, Bernard Ampaw, 18 from Wombridge Road, Telford in Shropshire and Clive Mundoma, also 18, of Brentwood, have also denied a charge of robbing Mr Nsiangangu on the same date.

All three were remanded in custody until their trial.

There was no application for bail.