A Mid Sussex man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a teenager.

Steven Wright, 34, of Orchard Way, East Grinstead, was remanded in custody by Horsham magistrates yesterday.

He is accused of killing 18-year-old David Elwood, of Dormansland, Lingfield.

Mr Elwood received serious head injuries outside the Mid Sussex Timber Yard in East Grinstead on Friday night.

He died two days later in Hurstwood Park Neurological Hospital in Haywards Heath.

Wright is due to appear at Lewes Crown Court on December 20.