TWO men – one of them from Keighley – are to stand trial accused of committing a murder 12 years ago.

Adam Tolwinski, 39, of Devonshire Street, and Ernest Weber, 45, of no fixed address, have been charged with the murder of Dariusz Michalowski.

Both are also accused of perverting the course of justice and preventing a legal burial.

They appeared at Leeds Crown Court to face the charges.

Both were remanded in custody and will stand trial before the same court on September 4 this year.

Mr Michalowski disappeared in Birkby, Huddersfield, in March 2011.

His remains were found on land in Mixenden just under a decade later.

Tolwinski and Weber were arrested last month, alongside a third man, Piotr Weber, 42, of Bridgend Close, Middlesbrough, in connection with Mr Michalowski's disappearance and alleged murder.

This came after enquiries by West Yorkshire Police's Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, in association with law enforcement partners in the UK and Europe.

Piotr Weber was charged with perverting the course of justice and preventing a legal burial and appeared before the courts at an earlier hearing.

He was also remanded in custody to stand trial at Leeds Crown Court on September 4.