{"id":35237,"date":"2025-08-15T16:49:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/second-man-charged-with-murder-of-25-year-old-in-aberdeen\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T16:49:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:49:40","slug":"second-man-charged-with-murder-of-25-year-old-in-aberdeen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/second-man-charged-with-murder-of-25-year-old-in-aberdeen\/","title":{"rendered":"Second man charged with murder of 25-year-old in Aberdeen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"main-content\">\n<article xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 gyQxwn\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-d1200759-1 kycbVO\"><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/1b9b\/live\/e2327e80-7449-11f0-a20f-3b86f375586a.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/1b9b\/live\/e2327e80-7449-11f0-a20f-3b86f375586a.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/1b9b\/live\/e2327e80-7449-11f0-a20f-3b86f375586a.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/1b9b\/live\/e2327e80-7449-11f0-a20f-3b86f375586a.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/1b9b\/live\/e2327e80-7449-11f0-a20f-3b86f375586a.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/1b9b\/live\/e2327e80-7449-11f0-a20f-3b86f375586a.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/1b9b\/live\/e2327e80-7449-11f0-a20f-3b86f375586a.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/1b9b\/live\/e2327e80-7449-11f0-a20f-3b86f375586a.jpg.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Police Scotland A smiling young man with dark hair cut short at the sides\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj\"\/><span class=\"sc-d1200759-2 gwFzuU\">Police Scotland<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-536eff7b-0 FPsqq\">Austin Ironside, 25, died in hospital in Aberdeen<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dEGcKf\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">A second man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 25-year-old in Aberdeen. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Austin Ironside was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after emergency services were called to Skene Street on 3 August. He died two days later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Shaun Lerche, 34, appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court where he was charged with murder and robbery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">He made no plea and was remanded in custody.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 hoQmHM\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-d1200759-1 kycbVO\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/bbcdotcom\/web\/20250814-092707-b0ec5bc3fc-web-2.27.1-1\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dkIvM hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/fbd8\/live\/d0cca280-7299-11f0-a819-0b3693b50b6f.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/fbd8\/live\/d0cca280-7299-11f0-a819-0b3693b50b6f.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/fbd8\/live\/d0cca280-7299-11f0-a819-0b3693b50b6f.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/fbd8\/live\/d0cca280-7299-11f0-a819-0b3693b50b6f.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/fbd8\/live\/d0cca280-7299-11f0-a819-0b3693b50b6f.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/fbd8\/live\/d0cca280-7299-11f0-a819-0b3693b50b6f.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/fbd8\/live\/d0cca280-7299-11f0-a819-0b3693b50b6f.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/fbd8\/live\/d0cca280-7299-11f0-a819-0b3693b50b6f.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Police officer and police vehicles and police tape outside a property.\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-536eff7b-0 FPsqq\">Police were called to Skene Street on Sunday 3 August<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<aside data-testid=\"ohio-section-outer-3\" data-analytics-group=\"true\" data-analytics_group_type=\"ohio-3\" data-analytics_group_position=\"1\" data-analytics_group_item_count=\"3\" data-analytics_group_name=\"Related\" class=\"sc-e033dd2c-1 ftMHkE\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cjdy07kkxxpo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police Scotland Austin Ironside, 25, died in hospital in Aberdeen A second man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 25-year-old in Aberdeen. Austin Ironside was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after emergency services were called to Skene Street on 3 August. He died two days later. 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