Jayden Parkinson: Murder charge over missing girl

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a missing teenager from Oxford.

Jayden Parkinson, 17, was last seen at Didcot railway station on Tuesday 3 December. Officers are continuing to search for her body.

Ben Blakeley, 22, of Christchurch Road, Reading, also faced a charge of perverting the course of justice when he appeared before Oxford magistrates.

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with assisting an offender.

Emma Vardy reports.

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