Ex-boyfriend on Jayden Parkinson murder charge

The ex-boyfriend of a missing teenager from Oxford has appeared in court charged with her murder.

Jayden Parkinson, 17, was last seen at Didcot railway station on Tuesday 3 December.

In addition to the murder charge, 22-year-old Ben Blakeley of Christchurch Road, Reading, also faced a charge of perverting the course of justice.

Duncan Kennedy reports.

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