TWO men will face manslaughter charges after a teenager was shot dead in a pub car park on the Llyn Peninsula.

Four defendants had denied firearms charges and were due to go on trial in May.

But the prosecution has now reviewed the case and decided to charge Ben Fiztsimmons and Ben Wilson with manslaughter.

Mold Crown Court heard how Peter­ Colwell, 18, was shot dead in the car park of the Ship Inn in Llanbedrog

On Monday, prosecution barrister Sion ap Mihangel told Judge Rhys Rowlands that it had been decided that two of the defendants should now face a manslaughter charge.

The trial, which will now take place before a High Court judge, will be held in May at Mold Crown Court.

The case will be mentioned at the end of January and applications to dismiss the charges by some of the defendants will then be listed before the trial judge.

No pleas were entered on Monday.

Benjamin George Fitzsimons, 22, of Nanhoron, Pwllheli, had already been charged with possessing a loaded shotgun in a public place.

Ben Andrew Wilson, 28, of Ely Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire had been charged with three counts of failing to comply with conditions of a firearm certificate and two charges of failing to comply with conditions on a shotgun certificate.

Co-defendants Harry Robert Butler, 22, of Llaniestyn, Pwllheli, and Michael David Fitzsimons, 24, of Nanhoron, Pwllheli, are charged with possessing a loaded shotgun in a public place.

All four were rebailed by Judge Rowlands when they appeared in the dock at Mold.

Defending barristers Daniel Travers and Kim Halsall asked the judge if the trial could be held in Caernarfon for the benefit of the defendants and other interested parties.

Judge Rowlands said that would be considered.­