Five people face court charged with the murder of a Burnie man

Five people charged with the murder of a man in suburban Burnie have appeared in court, but have not entered a plea to the charges.

Police at the alleged murder scene in Burnie. Picture: HELEN KEMPTON

UPDATED: FIVE people charged with the murder of 23-year-old Bobby Medcraft in Burnie have been remanded in custody to reappear in court next month.

If a brief appearance in the Burnie Magistrates Court on Monday morning, Geoffrey James Deverell, Kelsey Maree Ford, her brother Lucas Shane Ford, Michael William Hanlon and Cody Christopher Shane Sheehan did not enter a plea to the charge.

Police say Mr Medcraft died in the North West Regional Hospital after being allegedly attacked by the group at a property in Ritchie Ave, Burnie, about 3am on Sunday.

Mr Medcraft’s aunty Andrea Triffitt has started a GoFundMe page to raise money for his funeral and to support his partner and young son.

“He will be forever missed by all who loved and knew him,” the page reads.

The five people, all from Burnie, charged will reappear in the Burnie Magistrates Court on April 7.

EARLIER: FIVE people charged with the murder of a man in suburban Burnie early on Sunday will appear in the Burnie magistrate’s court this morning.

The man, a young father aged 23, died in the North West Regional Hospital after being critically injured in a fight allegedly involving a knife at a house in Ritchie Ave at 3am.

The five people charged, four men (aged 31, 52, 34 and 29) and one woman (aged 21), are all from Burnie.

Yesterday, Detective Inspector Rob Gunton said the deceased man and the people charged with killing him were all known to each other.

The man’s aunty has already set up a GoFund Me page to help out his young son and the boy’s mother.

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