A TRIAL was due to start today into the murder of Bury taxi driver Tariq Javed.
Mark Baker, 21, of Hazel Avenue, Bury, and Jason Power, 30, of no fixed abode, are both charged with the murder of the 48-year-old cabbie on November 9.
Power is also charged with robbing father-of-four Mr Javed, of Richard Burch Street, who worked for Peel Taxis.
The trial, at Manchester Crown Court, is expected to last for three weeks.
Baker and Power have been in custody since their arrest in November.
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