Tyne Tees Teesside Crown Court

The youth, who cannot be named because of his age, denies murdering 62-year-old Alan Garbutt in Guisborough in August last year.

The 17-year-old did not enter a plea and was remanded in custody to appear at Teesside Crown Court on Wednesday 21 June.

Alan Garbutt was found dead in his flat in Guisborough in the early hours of 8 August last year.