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Jan 2022
Inquest opens into death of Harrogate suspected murder victim
A suspected Harrogate murder victim died from head and torso injuries, according to the coroner who opened an inquest into his death today.
Gracijus Balciauskas, 41, died just before Christmas on the night of Monday, December 20 at a flat on Mayfield Grove.
Jon Heath, senior coroner for York and North Yorkshire, said at the hearing in Northallerton today:
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Vitalijus Koreiva, 36, of Mayfield Grove, and Jaroslaw Rutowicz, 38, of no fixed abode, appeared at York Magistrates Court last month charged with murder.
They did not enter pleas and the case was adjourned until February 4.
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