A 20-YEAR-OLD has denied murdering a father-of-two outside a Brierley Hill takeaway.

Niron Parker-Lee, of no fixed address, entered a not guilty plea when he appeared at Birmingham Crown Court via video link this morning (Monday, October 2).

Parker-Lee was remanded in custody until February 5 next year, when a trial will take place.

Mansoor Mahmood, aged 24, of Brierley Hill, died in hospital after he was stabbed in the stomach outside Dixi Chicken in High Street on October 15 last year.