Earl Bevans appears in court over two counts of murder of 17-year-old boys and two counts of attempted murder

A man accused of stabbing two teenagers to death at a house party in Milton Keynes has appeared in court.

Earl Bevans, 22, is accused of killing Dom Ansah and Ben Gillham-Rice, both 17, last weekend. He appeared at High Wycombe magistrates court on Saturday morning.

Bevans spoke during the brief hearing to confirm his name, date of birth, that he has no fixed address and that he was represented by Wasif Ahmed.

He also faces two counts of attempted murder after Ryan Brown, 23, and a 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were left with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Bevans replied “yes” when he was asked if he understood the charges but was not required to enter any pleas. The bench of magistrates, chaired by Pat Milliner, remanded him in custody before a bail hearing at Luton crown court on Monday.

This was the second court appearance related to the fatal attack after 21-year-old Charlie Chandler of Bletchley was previously charged with the double murder and two attempted murders. Chandler appeared at Milton Keynes magistrates court on Friday and is due to appear at Luton crown court on Monday.

In an appeal on Friday, Thames Valley police threatened to identify further potential suspects who are still at large if they did not hand themselves in.

“We are still looking for others and they know who they are,” DCS Ian Hunter, head of crime, said. “I want to appeal directly to those people. We are looking for you and we will find you, however long it takes.

“At this stage we have not released your names or photographs, so please hand yourself in to the nearest police station as soon as possible. This is not going to go away and if we have to, we will name you so there will be no place for you to hide.”