Couple deny murdering Chester doorman

Jul 7 2011 by Carmella de Lucia, Chester Chronicle

A FRODSHAM doorman, jointly accused of murder, has denied killing Chester bouncer Martin Ithell.

Scott Davidson, 23, of Hawthorne Road, Frodsham, and co-defendant Rachel Horton, 19, of Hawthorn Road, Little Sutton, will now face a crown court trial after denying killing Mr Ithell when they appeared at Chester Crown Court on Monday (July 4).

The co-accused will remain in custody until their trial starts on October 10.

Mr Ithell’s bloodstained body was found in a car outside Blacon Police Station on March 12 this year.

It is alleged the former bouncer, who lived at Robinson’s Croft, Great Boughton, was shot and stabbed at a house in Frodsham on March 11 before his body was driven to the police station.

In court on Monday, Davidson and Horton spoke only to confirm their names and enter their not guilty pleas.

Despite their separate addresses, neighbours understood that Davidson and Horton had been living together in Hawthorne Road, Frodsham.

Hundreds of people attended the funeral of Mr Ithell, which took place in the tiny rural church of St Lawrence, Stoak, near Ellesmere Port, in April.

Davidson’s identical twin brother Jamie was killed in a car accident in Frodsham four years ago, in which another woman also lost her life. Davidson and his twin, alongside his other brother Craig, were raised by their parents in Elton.

Former Sutton High School pupil Horton has been described as ‘sporty’ and ‘good’ at school, with former acquaintances of the teenager expressing their shock at hearing of her plight.