Murder accused 'burnt out car' after shooting

ONE of the men accused of murdering a County Durham grandad has told a jury he was involved in attempting to burn out a car after the fatal shooting.

- By DAVID HUNTLEY Reporter

Barry Dawson was fatally shot through a downstairs window of his terraced house in South Moor, Stanley, County Durham, on April 5 this year.

Emergency services rushed to the property on Elm Street but nothing could be done to save the 60-year-old. Five men are currently standing trial at Teesside Crown Court charged with his murder, which they all deny.

They are Kevin Dorward, 38, of New Durham Road, Stanley; Thomas Lee Sterling, 22, of The Avenue, Stanley; Kelvin Craig Lawson, 37, of Frosterley Gardens, Stanley; Keith Edward Dorward, 38, of no fixed address, and Sean Reay, 30, of Sabin Terrace, Stanley.