Matthew Liam Whelan who is also charged with joint robbery alongside Leslie Peter Baines appeared at Mold via videolink from Altcourse prison
An alleged robber who has also been charged with the attempted murder of a shopkeeper will stand trial in May.
Matthew Liam Whelan is charged with joint robbery of shopkeeper Imtiaz Ul Haq , at Costcutters in Chester Road East, Queensferry in December and attempting to murder him.
Co-defendant Leslie Peter Baines, 47, of King’s Road in Connah’s Quay, faces the charge of robbing him of a till drawer, to a value unknown.
It follows a robbery on Deeside in which the shop-keeper suffered serious knife injuries to his throat during a struggle at the store.
Whelan, 29, of Willow Park, Gladstone Way in Mancot, appeared via a live television link from Altcourse Prison in Liverpool today at Mold Crown Court.
Judge Rhys Rowlands fixed their trial, which is expected to take four to five days, to start on May 22.
Today’s plea and trial preparation hearing was adjourned without formal pleas being taken from the defendants.
They will return to court in just over a week’s time for that to be done.
The court was told that video footage from the shop was available but it had not been possible to play it on any of the equipment in court.
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