Simon Spence QC to represent teenager on double-murder charge

Simon Spence QC has been instructed to represent a 16-year-old boy charged with two murders 3 months apart in Colchester. The boy was committed to Chelmsford Crown Court by magistrates at the end of May 2015. He is charged with murdering a mature student and a father-of-five, both in their thirties, within three months of each other. He is also charged with one count of possessing an offensive weapon.