{"id":44414,"date":"2023-02-27T13:18:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T13:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=44414"},"modified":"2023-02-27T14:06:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T14:06:35","slug":"richard-dentith-murder-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/02\/27\/richard-dentith-murder-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Dentith death: boy, 17, pleads not guilty to murder charge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The trial of a 17-year-old boy who is charged with the murder of a Sheffield man began today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Dentith, 31, was stabbed to death in the early hours of 7 April 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident occurred outside the Earl Marshall Guest House on Grimesthorpe Road, Burngreave, Sheffield Crown Court heard today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-south-yorkshire-61090666\">Four other men<\/a> were arrested in connection with Mr Dentith\u2019s death. 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