Park killer ‘beat homeless man to death’

An alleged killer accused of beating a 60-year-old homeless man to death in a park denied murder today (weds). Brian Shields, 60, was found unresponsive in Goodmayes Park, Ilford, east London, on October 20 last year and pronounced dead at the scene. Lithuanian Marius Ziugzda, 46, was arrested and charged with his murder three days later. Ziugzda appeared at Wood Green Crown Court wearing a green jumper and glasses. Aided by a Lithuanian interpreter Ziugzda denied murder. ‘He denies any…