The Stuart Newton murder trial began at Preston Crown Court on Monday A 65-YEAR-OLD man died after his head and face were kicked and stamped on in a drunken, violent assault, a jury heard. Stuart Newton was found with serious head injuries in a flat in Oswaldtwistle on Thursday February 13 2020, but died in hospital the following day. Nathan Scott Williams, 30, of Mount Pleasant Road, Oswaldtwistle, was charged with his murder, and he appeared at Preston Crown Court on Monday to stand trial. Prosecuting barrister Andrew Ford told the jury of seven women and five men, how on the evening of February 12, Williams and his partner Nicola Threlfall had been drinking with their next door neighbours, Abigail Newton and Carl McMahon at their home in Worsley Court.