Tragedy: Lee McKnight, 26, whose death led to the murder trial that is about to start at the city's crown court Potential jurors in a Carlisle murder trial have been told that the case could last for up to eight weeks. Six people from the city are to go on trial at the city’s crown court charged with murdering 26-year-old Lee McKnight. The defendants are all jointly accused with murdering Mr McKnight on July 24 last year. All have pleaded not guilty. At the crown court yesterday, the process of selecting the jurors who will decide the facts of the case got underway.