A jury has been sworn in for the trial of a man accused of murdering another man in a late-night city stabbing.
Six men and six women were selected for the jury ahead of the trial of Elvis Vickers, who is charged with murdering Abdulkadar Chadli.
Police were called to reports a man had been stabbed at a property on Mousehold Street, Norwich, at 10.15pm on November 1 last year.
Police at the scene following a fatal stabbing in Norwich (Image: Newsquest) Police and paramedics attended but Mr Chadli, 48, was pronounced dead at the scene.
An initial Home Office post-mortem examination showed the man’s death was consistent with a stab wound to the chest.
Vickers, 47, is to go on trial at Norwich Crown Court accused of murdering Mr Chadli.
Norwich Crown Court (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest) Today (April 1) a jury was sworn in to try the case before Judge Anthony Bate, in a trial which will be open later.
Craig Townsend, 37, was arrested alongside Vickers at the scene on suspicion of murder, but police have since confirmed he will face no further action.
Mr Townsend, who had gone to a property on Mousehold Street to hand over £20 he owed the occupant, Vickers, did so without entering the flat.
Police at the scene following a fatal stabbing in Norwich (Image: Newsquest) Tributes have been paid to Mr Chadli, understood to be an offshore worker of Moroccan descent.
Christopher Paxton KC prosecutes the case while Vickers, of Mousehold Street, is represented by Simon Spence KC.
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