A PRISONER accused of murdering a fellow inmate at HMP Dartmoor has appeared before a judge for the first time.
William Tolcher, aged 50, allegedly stabbed 37-year-old Alexander Cusworth to death in the prison kitchens on November 26.
He appeared at Bristol Crown Court via a videolink from Exeter Prison for a preliminary hearing.
Tolcher has not yet indicated any plea and no date has been set for any trial.
Judge Neil Ford remanded him in custody to appear at a plea and case management hearing in Plymouth on a date to be fixed in March.
Cusworth, from Teignmouth, was pronounced dead at Derriford Hospital hours after the stabbing.
Cusworth was jailed for eight years in May for attacking his landlord with a broomstick.
The victim spent eight days in a coma.
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