Court appearance for woman charged with assisting offender following alleged murder outside Boston pub

A woman charged with assisting an offender following an alleged murder outside a pub has today appeared in court.

Adrian Whiting, 35, died in hospital two weeks after the incident at the Carpenters Arms in Witham Street, Boston on January 14.

Maksim Iliev, 35, was originally charged with grievous bodily harm wounding with intent but was later charged with murdering Mr Whiting on January 24 - the day Mr Whiting died in hospital.

A 34-year-old woman has also been charged with assisting an offender in connection with the investigation into the death of Mr Whiting

Katya Tsoneva, of Red Lion Street, Boston, was arrested on February 15 and charged the following day.

Ms Tsoneva denies the offence and today appeared at Lincoln Crown Court for a pre-trial hearing via a video-link today (Friday).

The hearing was told Tsoneva will appear alongside Iliev in a joint trial which is due to start at Lincoln Crown Court on July 15.

Both defendants will require Bulgarian interpreters for the trial which is expected to last two weeks.

Iliev, of Union Street, Boston, was excused attending the pre-trial hearing and remains remanded into custody.

He also denies a second charge of manslaughter relating to Mr Whiting's death.

Judge Hirst granted Tsoneva unconditional bail until her trial.