Overview
- Callum Howe, 22, appeared at Teesside Crown Court via video link from HMP Holme House and spoke only to confirm his details.
- No plea was entered during the brief hearing, and Judge Francis Laird KC listed the trial for May 26, 2026.
- A further court hearing was scheduled for Friday, December 12, following the case’s transfer from magistrates’ court.
- Howe is charged with murdering Mohammed Shaan Ali Rasul, found dead inside a home on Allerton Close in Hartlepool on November 23.
- A 23-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder has been released on conditional bail as enquiries continue, with police cordons and forensic work reported at the scene in recent days.