Live updates from Mark Oliver murder trial as jury told Gosport man stabbed his younger brother to death in argument over pillowcases
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THE trial of a man accused of murdering his brother in Gosport has begun this afternoon.
Mark Oliver, 56, is on trial at Winchester Crown Court over the death of 53-year-old dad-of-two Andrew Oliver.
Jurors were sworn in yesterday.
Police were called to the home the brothers shared with their mother Jean Oliver in Harwood Road in Bridgemary at around 3.15pm on February 1.
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Hide Ad12 jurors were selected for the two-week trial overseen by judge Susan Evans QC.
Members of the jury, some wearing masks, are spread across the courtroom in line with social distancing rules.
Mark Oliver denies murder.
Follow all the updates in our live blog below.