Man 'fatally stabbed during attempted burglary'

A man was stabbed to death while taking part in an attempted burglary at a mobile home, a court has heard.

Police were called on 25 February 2025 to a chalet off Lodge Lane Industrial Estate in Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, where 22-year-old Taylor Green was found with fatal injuries.

Two men - David McCandless, 44, of Wright Street in Newark, and 25-year-old Mason Meanwell, of Byron Close, Newark - have denied manslaughter.

A jury at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday heard Meanwell has already admitted conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary, while McCandless pleaded not guilty when presented with the same charge.

The court heard Ethan Arnold had been in the bedroom of his mobile home with his partner when four men broke through the front door carrying a variety of weapons.

Christopher Donnellan KC, prosecuting, told jurors the location was "very isolated", adding the suspects were seen on CCTV approaching the scene "very stealthily".

After they had "smashed" through the front door, he said the men were shouting "chop him, chop him, get the money" as they stormed into the bedroom.

"They obviously believed that Ethan Arnold had some cash on the premises," he said. "Ethan Arnold thought he was going to be robbed and killed."

The prosecutor told the court Arnold had used a knife that he kept in the bedroom and Green had been stabbed twice during the resulting confrontation, with one injury to the upper part of his left lung described as "unsurvivable".

He explained to jurors the four suspected intruders included Green, who he said died at the scene, and Meanwell, who has admitted involvement, with the prosecution claiming McCandless was also there along with a fourth man currently unidentified.

"These two defendants are charged with [Green's] manslaughter because they engaged in this violent attack on Ethan Arnold in Ethan Arnold's [own] home," he said.

"It doesn't matter whether the [deceased] person was on the opposite side [of the fight] or the same side."

The trial continues.

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