April Jones missing [Mark Bridger guilty of murder; jailed for life]

[InOne]

If she is burried
then how will they find her?

A confession from who did it.

[Niamh.]

What puzzles me is how the kidnappers could be stupid enough to do this with a clear witness present (April's friend).

Unless they hadn't intended to kill her originally maybe?

[michael21]

If she is burried
then how will they find her?

any where that has been dug up need to be look at

[michael21]

What puzzles me is how the kidnappers could be stupid enough to do this with a clear witness present (April's friend).

well her friends said it was a white van then gray but it blue

[Novo]

well her friends said it was a white van then gray but it blue

it was dark i doubt they could clearly tell what color it was

[Kate!]

Was desperately hoping for a break in this case by now. It's been too long, I doubt her still being alive. :bawling: Heartbreaking.

[Vanessa]

Was desperately hoping for a break in this case by now. It's been too long, I doubt her still being alive. :bawling: Heartbreaking.

I know. It's so sad. :sad::bawling:

[Niamh.]

Was desperately hoping for a break in this case by now. It's been too long, I doubt her still being alive. :bawling: Heartbreaking.

Yeah, unfortunately, I think too much time has passed for her to be found alive now :(

[michael21]

it was dark i doubt they could clearly tell what color it was

yea but it look more blue then dark on the news not in HD

[michael21]

Yeah, unfortunately, I think too much time has passed for her to be found alive now :(

48 hours are the golden hours that why i said before to bring in the army to help look but it not looking good but i hope there find her alive

[Novo]

i'm not so sure usually i'd fear the worst but i think this guy didn't aim to kidnap her and then kill her.. there is still hope yet imo

[Cherie]

I don't think the kidknapper would've killed her when they can just let her medical condition kill her instead, so in a way that's a good sign that she might still be alive I think, just need The Police to get there asses in check and find her.

Cerebral Palsy is not a medical condition that can kill you. It affects balance and muscle tone and can be mild or severe.

[Mystic Mock]

A confession from who did it.

I doubt anyone will just randomly confess to the crime like they do on the CSI's, The Police need to search everywhere and collect solid evidence.

[Mystic Mock]

Cerebral Palsy is not a medical condition that can kill you. It affects balance and muscle tone and can be mild or severe.

Oh, alright that does make the situation a bit more worrying in a way then.

[InOne]

I doubt anyone will just randomly confess to the crime like they do on the CSI's, The Police need to search everywhere and collect solid evidence.

I'm not saying that, but if they arrest the right guy and put pressure on him they usually confess. Unless they're an out and out Sociopath and just wanting to play games.

[Mystic Mock]

The Police need to pile on alot of pressure quickly then.

[Kazanne]

Just heard on the news two women saw a man carrying a bin bag by the river the day after she was snatched,not sure how true this is but maybe that is why this guy was wearing waterproof trousers!

[joeysteele]

All these cases are anyway but this is becoming really depressing now, this has gone on for days and it seems little new has been learned really.
Really sad to say but I cannot see poor April still being found alive now. What a tragedy and what a mess.

[arista]

http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2012/10/4/196679/default/v1/mirror-1-329x437.jpg
Fridays Mirror

[michael21]

http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2012/10/4/196679/default/v1/mirror-1-329x437.jpg
Fridays Mirror

that don't sound good :(

[MTVN]

He could have been down by the river with a bin bag for any number of reasons

[InOne]

He could have been down by the river with a bin bag for any number of reasons

It is a rather ridiculous headline when you look at it. 'I saw a man with bin bag by river'

[King Gizzard]

The Borat style headline doesn't help

[Mystic Mock]

It is a rather ridiculous headline when you look at it. 'I saw a man with bin bag by river'

This.

[Novo]

suppose there really isn't much else to go on at the minute

[Novo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-19843337

The man held for the past three days over the disappearance of five-year-old April Jones has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Det Supt Reg Bevan said Mark Bridger, 46, remained in custody for questioning.

Teams have spent the past few days searching the River Dyfi in the mid Wales town of Machynlleth, where April went missing on Monday evening.

Officers said they now required only professional searchers in the hunt.

Det Supt Reg Bevan and Supt Ian John gave an update on the investigation at a press conference in Aberystwyth.


April Jones has been missing since Monday night
Mr Bridger, 46, was initially arrested on Tuesday in connection with April's disappearance and is being held at Aberystwyth police station.

But at a press conference on Friday morning, Det Supt Reg Bevan said: "Mark Bridger has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of April Jones.

"He remains in custody in Aberystwyth and continues to be questioned.

"The arrest does not detract from our efforts to find her.

[arista]

He must have told them he killed her.

Evil man.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/10/05/article-2212734-155C7FCA000005DC-296_634x400.jpg

[Kazanne]

Aw,no,what a utterly cruel man to keep them guessing like this.

[Vicky.]

I'm not too sure this means he actually did it. I think the police are running out of time to question him so they had to either release him or charge him. Though they had until 5pm ish tonight to do so. Wasnt chris jeffries also arrested after being questioned? And look how that turned out...

[AnnieK]

If she is dead I hope they find her body so her parents can have a proper funeral.... If this guy has done it I hope they can get her location out of him so they can lay her to rest...

Unfortunately there is not much hope now unless they have got totally the wrong guy and she is being held somewhere by someone else..

[Kazanne]

What an insensitive person Kay Burley is
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/05/kay-burley-criticised-by-tom-watson-twitter_n_1941840.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cuk%7Cdl1%7Csec3_lnk4%26pLid%3D130576

[arista]

She like a sad dog at times

[Suze]

The Police must have known this at least a couple of days or so now then, as I thought it was suspicious when they wanted the public to discontinue their searching in the area, and also when they stated that they just wanted April returned to her family, not that she be found alive? The way they worded stuff made me suspect that they had an inkling that April was dead :( So sad an outcome to all this if she is :( I could not understand also why he would give the little girl a lift in his car when she was already at home? Surely the family must have been informed also? as it would be cruel not to inform them otherwise, leaving them with false hope if they believe April to be dead :( and the press conference being an appeal to find her. It makes me think he had an accomplice then?

[Vicky.]

What an insensitive person Kay Burley is
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/05/kay-burley-criticised-by-tom-watson-twitter_n_1941840.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cuk%7Cdl1%7Csec3_lnk4%26pLid%3D130576

Yeah shes really awful

[Vicky.]

The Police must have known this at least a couple of days or so now then, as I thought it was suspicious when they wanted the public to discontinue their searching in the area, and also when they stated that they just wanted April returned to her family, not that she be found alive? The way they worded stuff made me suspect that they had an inkling that April was dead :( So sad an outcome to all this if she is :( I could not understand also why he would give the little girl a lift in his car when she was already at home? Surely the family must have been informed also? as it would be cruel not to inform them otherwise, leaving them with false hope if they believe April to be dead :( and the press conference being an appeal to find her. It makes me think he had an accomplice then?

Whether it was him or not, Im sure there was 2 of them. As April was reported to have said 'its ok I know THEM' when getting into the van/landrover/whatever :S

[Niamh.]

Whether it was him or not, Im sure there was 2 of them. As April was reported to have said 'its ok I know THEM' when getting into the van/landrover/whatever :S

Unless his daughter was there too, weren't they friends? That probably would have come out by now though, I'd imagine it would be easy enough to get the truth out of a little kid

[Suze]

Whether it was him or not, Im sure there was 2 of them. As April was reported to have said 'its ok I know THEM' when getting into the van/landrover/whatever :S

It is so heartbreaking if she said that, not realising anything :( Children are so very trusting, bless them, so it's sad when that trust is taken advantage of :(

[Vicky.]

Unless his daughter was there too, weren't they friends? That probably would have come out by now though, I'd imagine it would be easy enough to get the truth out of a little kid

I never thought of that actually...it sounds quite bad, but I wonder if his daughter has been questioned, incase this did happen.

The whole thing strikes me as so strange. Why abduct a child in view of witnesses..even if the witness was a 5 year old child

[Niamh.]

I never thought of that actually...it sounds quite bad, but I wonder if his daughter has been questioned, incase this did happen.

The whole thing strikes me as so strange. Why abduct a child in view of witnesses..even if the witness was a 5 year old child

I don't know, maybe he never meant to kill her, maybe he abused her and something went wrong, or maybe it was an accident and he was trying to cover it up?

[Vicky.]

I just have an awful feeling that the police are putting all their eggs in the wrong basket...and that the person/people who took her is miles away by now and unlikely to be found

[Niamh.]

It is so heartbreaking if she said that, not realising anything :( Children are so very trusting, bless them, so it's sad when that trust is taken advantage of :(

I know :( Parents need to be so vigilant in warning their kids about getting into cars with people, even if they know them. I always remember my mother warning me when I was younger and it worked too. I remember walking home from school one day and my friends dad stopped and asked me if I wanted a lift home, I started panicking lol I never got in his car though :laugh:

[Novo]

I never thought of that actually...it sounds quite bad, but I wonder if his daughter has been questioned, incase this did happen.

The whole thing strikes me as so strange. Why abduct a child in view of witnesses..even if the witness was a 5 year old child

If he has kidnapped her and then murdered her then he's most likely so messed up in the head and didn't think about any of these things before doing it, what kind of person walks down one of the main roads near the same town he murdered someone in ( if he did ) the day after? it seems like he wasn't bothered about getting arrested

[Suze]

I never thought of that actually...it sounds quite bad, but I wonder if his daughter has been questioned, incase this did happen.

The whole thing strikes me as so strange. Why abduct a child in view of witnesses..even if the witness was a 5 year old child

If April is dead, a thought that did cross my mind was as she was abducted, if indeed it was meant to be an abduction? as she was in full view, that he didn't intend to kill her but maybe an accident happened? Not excusing him or whoever else it may be, but as you say it is weird it happened in full view, it could be the reason he wasn't opening up to Police, or that he knows what happened and it is someone close to him who he wants to protect? It's a very perplexing case so far.

[Niamh.]

I just have an awful feeling that the police are putting all their eggs in the wrong basket...and that the person/people who took her is miles away by now and unlikely to be found

I hope not for the parents sake, there would be nothing worse then her never being found

[thesheriff443]

this is one of those that you know wont have a happy ending.
i think one thing we can do on this and other sites across the internet is sign a petition to bring back the death penalty!

[Niamh.]

this is one of those that you no wont have a happy ending.
i think one thing we can do on this and other sites across the internet is sign a petition to bring back the death penalty!

What kind of a monster does this to a 5 year old? If it is this guy or if they find someone else, they should never be let out on our streets again, that's for sure.

[Vicky.]

Is it true that the 'timeline' has changed recently? Just reading through the (huge) DS thread and

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showpost.php?p=61490691&postcount=3988

:S

[thesheriff443]

What kind of a monster does this to a 5 year old? If it is this guy or if they find someone else, they should never be let out on our streets again, that's for sure.

they are monsters but cases like this will happen again!
who ever gets convicted of this will sit in their cell do their sentence get room and board and then get released.

[Niamh.]

Is it true that the 'timeline' has changed recently? Just reading through the (huge) DS thread and

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showpost.php?p=61490691&postcount=3988

:S

I hadn't heard either of those timelines tbh. I thought it was a neighbour who said it was Bridger? I didn't think they knew that straight off

they are monsters but cases like this will happen again!
who ever gets convicted of this will sit in their cell get room and board and then get released.

Anyone guilty of a crime like that shouldn't be allowed walk the streets again and put other children in danger. The justice system is a joke

[Nedusa]

I just have an awful feeling that the police are putting all their eggs in the wrong basket...and that the person/people who took her is miles away by now and unlikely to be found

This is my fear as well, as they cannot find the body so no DNA evidence at this time , there is nothing to solidly connect this guy to the abduction, if they have his van then again maybe DNA evidence that she was in it at some point, but short of that what is driving their suspicions of him ?

Even with this new charge of Suspicion of Murder he cannot be held in custody any longer than 5pm today. The police may try to get another 24 hrs but after that they need to charge him with Murder or release him.

As Vicky said above I hope they are not way off the mark with this guy, as the real abductor may be miles away by now.

Desperately sad story however you look at it.

[InOne]

this is one of those that you know wont have a happy ending.
i think one thing we can do on this and other sites across the internet is sign a petition to bring back the death penalty!

You think the death penalty would deter future paedophiles? I highly doubt it.

[Niamh.]

You think the death penalty would deter future paedophiles? I highly doubt it.

It would certainly keep those convicted off the streets and away from other children though

[InOne]

It would certainly keep those convicted off the streets and away from other children though

So does prison.

[Niamh.]

So does prison.

Yes it does, I'm not saying they should bring back the death penalty at all, I am saying that people guilty of crimes like that should never be put back into society again, more to protect innocent children, rather than to punish the criminal. Unfortunately life in prison rarely means life in prison

[Vicky.]

So does prison.

For a short time.

Should get life, meaning life. Screw this rehabilitation stuff tbh, prison in my eyes should be for punishment, not rehabilitation which doesnt even work half the time and they go on to offend again.

[InOne]

Yes it does, I'm not saying they should bring back the death penalty at all, I am saying that people guilty of crimes like that should never be put back into society again, more to protect innocent children, rather than to punish the criminal. Unfortunately life in prison rarely means life in prison

I agree. They need to sort out the level of risk thing before they're even considered to be let out. That system doesn't seem too good at the moment

[InOne]

For a short time.

Should get life, meaning life. Screw this rehabilitation stuff tbh, prison in my eyes should be for punishment, not rehabilitation which doesnt even work half the time and they go on to offend again.

Well yes, I think it's pretty much impossible to 'rehabilitate' a Paedophile, if it's there it's there kinda thing. They can only be taught to control the urges. I'd say a lot of them can't...

[Niamh.]

I agree. They need to sort out the level of risk thing before they're even considered to be let out. That system doesn't seem too good at the moment

I'm all for rehabilitation for things like robbery and lesser crimes but paedophilia and murder? I don't think it's worth risking innocent peoples lives on the hope that the rehabilitation has worked and the only way to test it is to send them back out and cross your fingers, not good enough imo

[InOne]

See my post to Vicky

[Vicky.]

Yes I should have said my post was about more serious crimes such as murder and child abuse...I do believe rehabilitation can work in some cases, but I dont think tis worth the risk in more serious cases.

[Suze]

I can see how some would get angry enough to want the death penalty back, especially if it is someone close to them who has suffered at the hands of evil people, and in their situation to be fair I wouldn't know how I would feel I suppose, but to me the death penalty would be ilike returning to barbaric ways. I agree the system at the moment is too easy on many criminals and a reform is needed, but I don't think the death penalty is the way. I don't think any person has a right to take anothers life. Plus it is a quick way out for those truely evil people around, why should their life end so abruptly when many of those they tortured suffered in so much pain. I know I haven't explained this very well, but it would take far too long to go into it all. It's an indepth subject really.

[Vicky.]

Story in the sun about a couple trying to entice kids into a blue landrover a day earlier 90 mins drive away from where April was taken. Dont wanna post the link as when people use the sun they tend to get blasted for it :/

Edit screw it. If you dont like the sun (and I dont blame you) dont click the link
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article4572769.ece

AN attempt was made to lure two children into a car 24 hours before little April Jones went missing, it emerged last night.

The sinister twist to the hunt for April, five, came as pink ribbons were worn as a gesture of hope by her community in Machynlleth, Mid Wales.

A man and woman were involved in the feared earlier abduction attempt in Minera, 90 minutes’ drive from April’s home, on Sunday.

The mother of the two youngsters, aged seven and 11, told a friend they were playing in the rain when a car pulled up.

The male driver and a woman passenger offered them a lift because it was wet. When they refused the female told them to get into the back — but the children “hurried away”.

A source said: “It raises the possibility that another individual may hold the key to where April is.”

Police were believed to be investigating the new lead last night.

The mum’s pal, council manager Nicola Millar, 41, revealed the incident in a Facebook posting.

She wrote: “The woman got out of the car, opened the back door and told them to get in. My friend called the incident room. Police have asked if they can interview the children.”

Witnesses have told how April got into a car while playing with friends on Monday.



Story doesnt mention blue landrover, but this nichola miller posted on the FB page saying

One of my best friends children were out playing on Sunday at 4pm in Minera, North Wales approximately an hour away from Mach, when they were approached by a blue left hand drive landrover discovery with a man AND a ...woman and asked if they wanted a lift as it was raining. The children who are 11 and 7 said no and the woman then got of the car and opened the back door and told them to get in. They hurried away. North Wales police were useless and did not take this seriously but the Dyfed Powys Incident room were fabulous and my friend's children are likely now to be interviewed. Didn't April tell her friend that she recognised 'them'? If there was a woman too then could this mean that she has April or knows where she is?

[InOne]

Yeah, like imagine if Ian Brady had got the death penatly? Would've been the easy way out. But instead they've kept him alive by force for years making him suffer and be in the world when he doesn't want to. He has a rather miserable life which I prefer than quick death.

[Suze]

Story in the sun about a couple trying to entice kids into a blue landrover a day earlier 90 mins drive away from where April was taken. Dont wanna post the link as when people use the sun they tend to get blasted for it :/

You should post the link, Vicky. I agree that the Sun and a few other rags are scum, but others can make their own minds up on reading the story, even so.

[Vicky.]

Yes was editing as you posted that :p

[Niamh.]

Story in the sun about a couple trying to entice kids into a blue landrover a day earlier 90 mins drive away from where April was taken. Dont wanna post the link as when people use the sun they tend to get blasted for it :/

Edit screw it. If you dont like the sun (and I dont blame you) dont click the link
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article4572769.ece




Story doesnt mention blue landrover, but this nichola miller posted on the FB page saying

If that had happened the day before surely that parents would have reported it to the Police and surely the parents would have been keeping a close eye on their kids while they were out playing :conf:

[Vicky.]

Sounds like the parents did call the police 'North Wales police were useless and did not take this seriously'

[michael21]

Sounds like the parents did call the police 'North Wales police were useless and did not take this seriously'

police are always slow

[Niamh.]

Sounds like the parents did call the police 'North Wales police were useless and did not take this seriously'

Yeah but would you let your 5 year old play in the streets where some strangers had tried to lure her/her friends into a van the day before? That doesn't make sense

[Vicky.]

Yeah but would you let your 5 year old play in the streets where some strangers had tried to lure her/her friends into a van the day before? That doesn't make sense

The other attempt happened 90 mins away. Wasnt quite in the same area, dont even know if these other 2 kids/their parents know april/her family.

[Niamh.]

The other attempt happened 90 mins away. Wasnt quite in the same area, dont even know if these other 2 kids/their parents know april/her family.

Oh right sorry, I misunderstood you, I thought it was the same area and the same kids

[AnnieK]

Prisoners get a stupidly easy life in prison...even paedophiles and sex offenders. I agree life should mean life in these cases as there is a high percentage of repeat offenders on release. I don't think the death penalty is the answer but we hold have a justice system similar to the USA...life without parole and bring back chain gangs. Get rid of luxuries and treat them like dogs..

[thesheriff443]

You think the death penalty would deter future paedophiles? I highly doubt it.

if a paedophile rapes a child in my eyes its the same as murder and i see no reason for them to be allowed to live with free room and board, options to take further eduacation coarses while they are in side and paid for by the tax payer.

[arista]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/10/05/article-2212734-155D0BAC000005DC-633_964x282.jpg

not a good day for the family

[bbfan1991]

Sad news if she has been murdered:(. There are some horrible people out there and I hope Mark Bridger rots in hell if convicted.

[Livia]

Every time this thread bumps I have a hopeful little jolt inside me that she's been found alive. It's not going to happen, is it.

If they're looking for someone to shoot paedophiles in the face and take them out of the gene pool forever, I would gladly apply... although I expect there would be quite a long queue.

[Kazanne]

Every time this thread bumps I have a hopeful little jolt inside me that she's been found alive. It's not going to happen, is it.

If they're looking for someone to shoot paedophiles in the face and take them out of the gene pool forever, I would gladly apply... although I expect there would be quite a long queue.

oh please Livia let me take first shot! I also keep my eye on this thread but get that awful feeling it's going to give me bad news.

[Marcus.]

Really hop she alive and Mark bridger is evil

[AnnieK]

oh please Livia let me take first shot! I also keep my eye on this thread but get that awful feeling it's going to give me bad news.

I'll be right there with you....

I get almost scared looking i for updates in case the worst has happened although I am almost as worried that they never find her and her parents end up in limbo for the rest of their days..

[Kazanne]

I'll be right there with you....

I get almost scared looking i for updates in case the worst has happened although I am almost as worried that they never find her and her parents end up in limbo for the rest of their days..

Yes Annie that has to be the worst thing never finding them,I cant even imagine that:bawling:

[Vanessa]

No news then? Oh that's no good at all ! :bawling::bawling::bawling:

[Suze]

Yes Annie that has to be the worst thing never finding them,I cant even imagine that:bawling:

Poor keith Bennett's Mum had to endure that agony right up to her dying day :(

[Kazanne]

Poor keith Bennett's Mum had to endure that agony right up to her dying day :(

Yes,such a terrible crime that was never resolved for her,she never gave up bless her,may they both R.I.P

[arista]

Really hop she alive and Mark bridger is evil




He is charged with murder.


Sounds like you need Kay Burley to Update you

[Vanessa]

He is charged with murder.


Sounds like you need Kay Burley to Update you

What? Has she been found? :eek::sad::bawling:

[arista]

No Not Found yet


He may have burried her
some place they do not know

[Cherie]

He is charged with murder.


Sounds like you need Kay Burley to Update you

He has not been charged yet, he has been arrested on suspicion of murder and police have until 5pm today to charge or release him, its seems a very complicated situation with some of the rescue teams searching for April as a rescue mission and not giving up hope that she is alive, and others on a recovery mission searching for a body. He cant have confessed , but I assume the police have found some sort of evidence to tie him to the abduction but not enough to charge him as yet? Im very confused by it all tbh.

[AnnieK]

As many others have said on this thread I just hope to god the police have not put all their eggs in the wrong basket... Just don't know why they haven't charged him with anything after all this time....

[Jake.]

:( just such disgusting people in this world.

[Ninastar]

why has be been arrested if they haven't found a body yet?

[Gillian-73]

Police press conference @ 3pm. We'll hear then if they'll be charging him or not.

[Gillian-73]

He is charged with murder.


Sounds like you need Kay Burley to Update you

He has not been charged at all.

[Gillian-73]

Every time this thread bumps I have a hopeful little jolt inside me that she's been found alive. It's not going to happen, is it.

If they're looking for someone to shoot paedophiles in the face and take them out of the gene pool forever, I would gladly apply... although I expect there would be quite a long queue.

The queue would cover the length of the country.

[Nedusa]

I'm not sure how they changed the investigation from a searching for a missing person to a murder inquiry searching for a body, without this guy admitting he had killed her, in which case he has admitted murder or manslaughter so charge him with murder. Presumably he has admitted killing her as he is now giving police info as to where he disposed of her body. And because of this the search using public volunteers has been called off. It's looks like they are using specialist equipment to locate her body.

[Pyramid*]

As many others have said on this thread I just hope to god the police have not put all their eggs in the wrong basket... Just don't know why they haven't charged him with anything after all this time....

They managed to do it with a certain Mr Jefferies last year iirc and look at the media frenzy and witch hunt that took place, when the man was innocent all the time......

I'm still mystified if they haven't found a body though....?

[Lee.]

If they have no evidence and have to release him without charge today, can they re-arrest him on suspicion if murder again?

I can't even think about how April's parents are feeling right now.

[Redway]

If they have no evidence and have to release him without charge today, can they re-arrest him on suspicion if murder again?

I can't even think about how April's parents are feeling right now.

This. :(

[arista]

Police to go live before 4PM today on all news media

[Kate!]

Police to go live before 4PM today on all news media

:bawling: I feel so sad about this. It's awful.

[Pyramid*]

Police to go live before 4PM today on all news media

sounds as though they may have charged him ......

[arista]

Yes Charged with Murder now

in court monday or tuesday

The Evil Ex Army bloke has Killed Her
sad day


http://news.sky.com/story/994194/mark-bridger-charged-with-april-jones-murder

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

did he confess?

[Suze]

How very sad, especially for the family of April :(

[arista]

did he confess?

We assume so


also Evidence

[Jack_]

Not really paid much attention to this case but this is very sad news. My heart sunk a little bit.

I think when the worst nightmare is confirmed it sort of hits home. Awful really.

[bbfan1991]

Heartbreaking news:(, my thoughts are with April's family.

[Jack_]

I'd like to hope if he is guilty he pleads it and gives some explanation, I'd quite like to know the motivation behind it.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Just don't understand the mentality of some people :(

[Kazanne]

Not finding her will be the worst outcome of this,her family will be in deep dispair right now,I feel so sad for them.

[Shaun]

oh that's horrible :( we were talking about this last night, about how it was all unresolved... sad turn of events since then. R.I.P. :(

[Marc]

Just don't understand the mentality of some people :(

No me neither :( it's sad that these people exist and don't get the help needed.

Horrible for her family and community

[Marc]

I just hope he tells the police where her body is :(

[Josy]

Very sad news :(

[Kate!]

My heart obviously goes out to April's family but I also feel so sad for the innocent children of Bridger who will have to live their lives with the knowledge of what he did to their friend and playmate. :(

[Ninastar]

This is just terrible.

Her poor family. I'm hoping that her body is found and her family can have a proper funeral.

[Cherie]

We assume so



also Evidence

From the link you posted.....


Iwan Jenkins of the Crown Prosecution Service said: "Having carried out a detailed review of the evidence gathered so far by Dyfed Powys police I have come to the conclusion there is sufficient evidence to charge Mark Bridger with murder and it is in the public interest to do so."


so from this we can assume he did not confess, something about all this does not feel right I do hope they have the right person and that April will be found.

[King Gizzard]

Hmmm that's why they were very confident about letting the press name him then

that coupled with him not saying anything for ages during questioning

[Vicky.]

http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2012/10/cps-wales-authorises-charging-of-mark-bridger.html

I still think people are getting a bit ahead of themselves deciding he is guilty just because hes been charged.

I really feel for the parents. I'm still hoping she turns up alive and well somewhere...as even if it was Bridger, the fact that april said she knew 'them' stands out for me, so in my head she could still be with the second person.

[Vicky.]

That said, surely theres some evidence to point to her being dead...as its a bit odd that they presume shes dead after less than a week...when they presume Maddy mcCann is alive after 5 years or so.

[MTVN]

It seems strange to me that they can have enough evidence to say he's murdered her when they haven't found a body and it sounds like he hasn't confessed?

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

some people say 'them' meaning a single person though

i do that sometimes

[MTVN]

Yeah I do too

[Jack_]

I still think people are getting a bit ahead of themselves deciding he is guilty just because hes been charged.

I agree.

And I really hate how every time there's a little sniff of murder Twitter and the rest of the internet goes wild with calls to bring back the death penalty and all sorts of graphic descriptions of how they'd kill them. Very disturbing.

[King Gizzard]

Oh god...saying that my twitter has gone mental with capital punishment ****e. Why don't people understand most murderers/other serious crimes would happily take that instead of being kicked crapless everyday?

[Munchkins]

They should be left in a room starving, being given gruel and water each day and thats all..
Capital punishment is an easy way out

Bless little April, such a tragic tragic case :(

[bbfan1991]

Oh god...saying that my twitter has gone mental with capital punishment ****e. Why don't people understand most murderers/other serious crimes would happily take that instead of being kicked crapless everyday?

Indeed, those people should concentrate on tweeting messages of support for April's family.

[AnnieK]

Indeed, those people should concentrate on tweeting messages of support for April's family.

This.

God only knows what they are going through right now. Thoughts are with them.

[Pyramid*]

From the link you posted.....


Iwan Jenkins of the Crown Prosecution Service said: "Having carried out a detailed review of the evidence gathered so far by Dyfed Powys police I have come to the conclusion there is sufficient evidence to charge Mark Bridger with murder and it is in the public interest to do so."


so from this we can assume he did not confess, something about all this does not feel right I do hope they have the right person and that April will be found.

Will be interesting to find outwhat this 'sufficient evidence' is that is enough to charge him with murder and abduction.

Regardless: he has been charged, not found guilty at this point and the place (internet wise) is awash with all sorts of punishments. So much for a fair trial: too many people on webland jumping find the man guilty - that's still to be proven.

Not that that helps the poor girl's family and loved ones - hellish situation for them.

[Vanessa]

Will be interesting to find outwhat this 'sufficient evidence' is that is enough to charge him with murder and abduction.

Regardless: he has been charged, not found guilty at this point and the place (internet wise) is awash with all sorts of punishments. So much for a fair trial: too many people on webland jumping find the man guilty - that's still to be proven.

Not that that helps the poor girl's family and loved ones - hellish situation for them.

I don't like the sound of this. It looks like the found some new evidence! :o:bawling:

[Gillian-73]

It's heartbreaking. Her poor family!

[arista]

It's heartbreaking. Her poor family!


Very True

[Smithy]

Wonder what the motive was :conf2:

[Niamh.]

Wonder what the motive was :conf2:

He's obviously just a nut job, what other possible motive could someone have for killing a 5 year old

[Pyramid*]

I don't like the sound of this. It looks like the found some new evidence! :o:bawling:

For them to have charged him with the murder of the girl (but having not yet found a body) - it's going to have to be very substantial evidence. Have no idea how long forensic testing takes, was under the impression that it's not quite as fast as 'we' think it is, I dread to think what this evidence is (thinking about hard concrete evidence like vid clips or something similar)? God forbid.

[thesheriff443]

it does not take a lot for someone to be charged with murder,they can go all the way to trial and still get proved not guilty.
if you look at the case of gill dando,barry george was convicted of her murder with the only forensic evidence being a spec of gun shot residue in a coat pocket.

[Cherie]

Im still having trouble getting my head around him allegedly attending the same parents evening as Aprils parents and then driving by and abducting her in front of another child seeminly on a whim as under normal circumstances she would not have been outside as she was given extra time to play out due to her glowing report...or so it has been reported in the press.

[Suze]

Im still having trouble getting my head around him allegedly attending the same parents evening as Aprils parents and then driving by and abducting her in front of another child seeminly on a whim as under normal circumstances she would not have been outside as she was given extra time to play out due to her glowing report...or so it has been reported in the press.

I feel so sad about this case for the added fact that little girl had enough to contend with with her Cerebal Palsy, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and being on tablets daily, but getting on with her little life only for it to be snatched away so cruely. It makes this case extra upsetting as she already suffered pain on a daily basis. Poor little sweetheart :(

[Kazanne]

My brother is part of the Shropshire team helping in this case,they are still searching in earnest and who knows a miracle might happen,the worst senario is for her never to be found.I feel for her family,no one can ease that pain.

[Pyramid*]

it does not take a lot for someone to be charged with murder,they can go all the way to trial and still get proved not guilty.


.

Precisely.

all the more reason for people to stop jumping the gun ................................

[Cherie]

Precisely.

all the more reason for people to stop jumping the gun ................................

I agree.

[AnnieK]

I agree.

I agree too but I think it is human nature for society to want someone to want someone, anyone at times, to blame in crimes such as this and a suspect in custody is an outlet for that blame....

I too hope that police have substantial evidence and haven't put Aprils life on the line and ruined another family if they have not got the evidence for a conviction...

I just hope that there is some closure to this case for aprils family. It's just so very very sad.

[Nedusa]

This story seems to have slipped out of the news recently, yet there are still questions unanswered , why have they not found the girls body yet ? , as they have charged the man with murder they must surely have found some major evidence which links him with the abduction, or did he admit it and then deny again. Did he have an accomplice , but where is her body ?? Is she still alive somewhere trafficked to the feed the desires of some Paedophile ring. But given her medical condition this is probably unlikely.

As I say many questions still unanswered regarding this case.

[Kizzy]

I don't know how they cope...

[Ammi]

...yes, as if it isn't heartbreaking enough..I can't imagine what not finding her body must be like for them...just unimaginable pain..

Meanwhile the police search continued. But for the first time officers admitted that they had to prepare for the possibility that April's body would not be found. The search for the girl continued with fresh police officers from across the UK arriving. Police were moving their search headquarters from Machynlleth leisure centre to a community hall, partly to allow the town to try to start the long process of returning to normal.

Superintendent Ian John, said: "I want to reassure people we are continuing the search and we will follow this through." He said one of the key elements remained to keep searching the River Dyfi as tide and current meant it was constantly changing.

He said no time limit had been set on the search but it was under "constant review". Asked if there was a time when it would have to be called off he said: "That is something we have to prepare for."

[Benjamin]

I was just thinking how I had heard nothing about this for a week. How odd.

[Jarrod]

Still a huge deal here in Gwynedd and Powys. (Gwynedd is my County, Powys where Machynlleth is). Pink ribbons still everywhere :(

[Kazanne]

They ARE still looking for her,helicopters out looking for a grave.

[Kizzy]

Of course it is, it is here too. Wales has had a terrible run of crimes recently, when these things happen in your community it doesn't seem real you just feel stunned.

[Kazanne]

I don't know how they cope...

They dont really,they just take each day as it comes and maybe are clinging on to that hope she is still alive or will be found:bawling:

[thesheriff443]

its sad for me to say,but they are still searching in an effort to get vital evidence.

[Pyramid*]

I'd happily torture gists like this. Abduction and murder of a young innocent child is one thing....but to deliberately increase the suffering of those loved one is beyond any human comprehension by not at least saying what happened and if there are any remains of this poor god forsaken little soul.

I'd love to spend some 'quality' time with bastards like this.

[thesheriff443]

I'd happily torture gists like this. Abduction and murder of a young innocent child is one thing....but to deliberately increase the suffering of those loved one is beyond any human comprehension by not at least saying what happened and if there are any remains of this poor god forsaken little soul.

I'd love to spend some 'quality' time with bastards like this.

case's like these highlight the need for the death penalty to be brought back.
there is no need for this monster to still be alive.

[Pyramid*]

case's like these highlight the need for the death penalty to be brought back.
there is no need for this monster to still be alive.

TBH, I've not followed this one in any real depth - If he has admitted his guilt and is able to affirm that he personally was responsible for her death etc: without any shadow of doubt: I totally agree.

In situations whereby there is 100% absolute certainty that a person was the killer: I agree with you: that's when I do believe in the death penalty - but it's so fraught with problems that it will never be so.

[bbfan1991]

Jury selection in the trial of the man accused of murdering missing five-year-old April Jones has finished for the day at Mold Crown Court.

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Mark Bridger, 47, from Ceinws, Machynlleth, Powys, denies abducting and murdering April, and intending to pervert the course of justice.

April went missing as she played with friends near her home in Machynlleth on 1 October and has never been found.

Jury selection will continue on Tuesday.

Mr Bridger, wearing a short-sleeved blue shirt and tie, sat in court flanked by two prison officers.

April's parents, Coral and Paul Jones, also arrived at the court ahead of the trial, which could last until the middle of June.

On Monday, about 50 potential jurors were called into court by the judge, Mr Justice John Griffith Williams.

He gave them directions and those who felt they could not sit on the jury spoke to the judge and their reasons were either accepted or rejected.

He allowed 30 potential jurors to retire until Tuesday to consider the issues he has raised.

They were asked to return on Tuesday so a jury of 12 can be selected by ballot.

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The judge said those not selected on Tuesday should consider themselves on a reserve list should any problems arise.

When the jury panel was brought into court on Monday morning, he told them: "I don't know if you have been reading your newspapers or listening to the news but, if you have, you will probably have worked out by now that I am about to start the trial which arises out of the alleged murder of April Jones in Machynlleth last October.

"It is very important that no person in the jury with any present or past connection with the Machynlleth area should sit on the trial, and certainly no connection which would cause concern about that juror sitting on the case."

The potential jury members were also told arrangements had been made for the jury to go to Machynlleth on Thursday to visit various sites.

Legal argument is expected on Monday afternoon.

April's disappearance sparked one of the largest police searches in UK history.

[Nedusa]

Can they convict this man of murder even if they do not know 100% if she has been murdered ?

Have they enough forensic evidence to link this man to this girls disappearance ??

Without a body and forensic evidence linking this man to her body will it not be difficult to secure a "safe" conviction for this man ?

[Cherie]

I thought I heard he confessed to her manslaughter. They must feel they have enough evidence to convict. Sadly for April's parents the official search for her was called off last week. I can't even begin to imagine how it would feel to lose your child and not be able to say goodbye properly.

[Z]

They must have a lot of evidence against him if they're prosecuting without the body.

[Livia]

The CPS decided that the police had enough evidence to charge Mark Bridger with abducting and murdering April and of unlawfully disposing of and concealing her body with intent to pervert the course of justice. We have to assume that they've got some pretty damning evidence.

[lostalex]

there are a lot of older women with bright pink hair in the UK. I've noticed this.

[Cherie]

The CPS decided that the police had enough evidence to charge Mark Bridger with abducting and murdering April and of unlawfully disposing of and concealing her body with intent to pervert the course of justice. We have to assume that they've got some pretty damning evidence.

Blood with April's DNA was found at his cottage along with fragments of bone in the fireplace thought to be from her skull. He had indecent images of young children on his PC. He admits to "running her over" but says he cannot remember what happened after this. Given April was seen getting into his car this seems a little far fetched.

[AnnieK]

Just unimaginable what her parents are going through having to sit through this. Although I assume they would know what evidence the police had, would they?

[Nedusa]

Watching news tonight, prosecution's case + forensics look pretty damming

I think guilty , guilty , classic Paedophile poor little girl shame on him what a monster...

[Novo]

What an abomination of a man, if there is any justice his life will be a living nightmare for as long as he lives, people like that don't even deserve to be treated as a Human being

[Ninastar]

Can't believe he said that he 'might have run her over' and he 'might have disposed of the body' but he doesn't know

[joeysteele]

What an abomination of a man, if there is any justice his life will be a living nightmare for as long as he lives, people like that don't even deserve to be treated as a Human being

Agree Novo, This must have been a really traumatic day for her Parents in court,with clearly some truly sinister and disturbing evidence to come yet too likely.

I would just echo your words above 100%.

[Cherie]

there are a lot of older women with bright pink hair in the UK. I've noticed this.

Alex April's Mum has her hair dyed in April's honour as it was her favourite colour

Just unimaginable what her parents are going through having to sit through this. Although I assume they would know what evidence the police had, would they?

I think April's parents would have been made aware of the evidence against him when he was charged.

[Ammi]

April Jones was killed by a 'sexually motivated' abductor who downloaded images of murdered Soham girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, a jury was told yesterday.

Mark Bridger, 47, kept child porn and pictures of dead youngsters on his laptop and studied vile internet images before kidnapping the five-year-old, it was alleged.

The former slaughterhouse worker is said to have snatched ‘happy and smiling’ April as she played outside her home one evening last October – hours after he was ditched by his girlfriend

The chilling scenario of what the Crown says happened to the innocent child from Machynlleth, mid-Wales, was outlined yesterday as Bridger went on trial accused of abduction, murder and perverting the course of justice.


He denies the charges maintaining, according to the prosecution, that he accidentally ran April over with his Land Rover – and has ‘no recollection’ of what happened after he drove off with her.


Despite a huge search by police and public, her body has never been found. Yesterday the jury at Mold Crown Court was shown a series of images recovered from the former lifeguard’s computer, including those of Cambridgeshire ten-year-olds Holly and Jessica, murdered by paedophile school caretaker Ian Huntley in 2002.


Also shown were photographs of other child murder victims and images he had collected of local young girls, among them files specifically dedicated to April’s half-sisters, aged 13 and 16.


The jury heard that pictures of April, who had cerebral palsy, were accessed just eight days before she was abducted.

In addition, there was an animation which was watched hours before April went missing. It portrayed the rape of a ‘physically restrained and clearly distressed young girl’, prosecuting counsel Miss Elwen Evans QC told the jury.

She added: ‘In addition to child pornography and photos of young girls, the defendant also had an interest in child murder and rape cases; for example, images of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman from the Soham case. Why will you need to consider this sort of material? You will have to decide whether pretty five-year-old April was abducted and murdered or run over by accident and killed, as the defendant says.

‘We say his interest in pornography, young girls, rape and murder cases is all too relevant and you may see it as the key to understanding what he did and why he did what he did.’

Miss Evans said that after Bridger had been dumped by his girlfriend, he contacted a succession of women asking them to go out with him.

‘It is our case that the defendant’s actions – abduction, murder, covering up what he had done by disposing of the body – were sexually motivated. We say he knows full well what he has done to April, but chooses not to say.’


She went on: ‘On October 1 last year April Jones, happy and smiling, was seen getting into the defendant’s Land Rover.


‘He drove her away and that was the last that anyone apart from the defendant saw of April. The largest search in British policing history has failed to find her.

‘April’s best friend saw the abduction taking place. She saw the defendant speaking to April. She saw April getting into his Land Rover and she saw the defendant taking April away.’

The jury of nine women and three men was told that April had been playing with a friend on their bikes near their homes on the Bryn-y-Gog estate, on the edge of the small market town of Machynlleth.


The two girls started to walk home because it was getting dark

The friend, who cannot be named for legal reasons, saw April walk over to where Bridger was standing by his vehicle, Miss Evans said. ‘It looked as if he was waiting for someone. She saw April go over to the defendant and start talking. She saw April get into the car.


‘The defendant did not carry her – April got in herself. April was happy. She wasn’t crying. She was smiling.’


The court heard that April’s friend recognised the vehicle as the same one two friends had been in the day before. The two friends were Bridger’s children, the court heard.

‘I didn’t say anything,’ the friend said. ‘I just watched. I thought she would come back.’


Miss Evans told the jury: ‘That was the last that anyone apart from the defendant saw of April.’


April’s mother Coral and father Paul sat silently in the public gallery, each wearing a pink ribbon in memory of their daughter, as details of what the prosecution called Bridger’s ‘clear interest in child pornography and child murder cases’ was revealed.


Examples of the ‘distressing’ material downloaded to Bridger’s computer were shown on screens around the court.

At least one of the jury of nine women and three men put her hand to her face and bowed her head as they appeared. Some photographs were of apparently dead children, one a partly naked pre-pubescent girl hanging by her neck.


Others showed young girls bound and gagged or performing sex acts on adults


When asked by police why he had images of naked children, Bridger said he ‘wanted to understand his own daughter’s physical development’, Miss Evans told the court. ‘He said he wanted to help her become a model.’


Bridger also claimed he complained to foreign porn companies about the content of some sites.


He admitted he did find some images sexually arousing ‘but only where the female was over 16 years of age’, Miss Evans said.

The jury heard that Bridger used his computer for various vile internet searches. Terms he used included: ‘Naked young five-year-old girls’, ‘nudism five-year-old’, ‘pictures of naked virgin teens’ and ‘France: British schoolgirl raped and murdered’.


The biggest search in British police history failed to find April Jones or any of her clothes, the court heard.


But jurors were told they would be invited to consider other strands of evidence in the absence of any explanation from Bridger as to what he did with her.

Miss Evans said that ‘as April’s body is lost to us’, other evidence would be considered as the trial progressed.

This included forensic material found at Bridger’s home – traces of her blood, plus charred fragments that appeared to be from a juvenile skull.


There would also be expert scientific and computer witness testimony, witness accounts, CCTV footage and scenes of crime evidence.


A series of police interviews with Bridger would also be shown.

The murder trial, which is expected to last seven weeks, continues this morning


The self-styled ‘survival and bushcraft’ expert accused of murdering April Jones played a ‘cruel game’ to try to cover up his crime, the jury was told.


Mark Bridger claims she died after he accidentally ran her over – and that he ‘blanked out’, losing all recollection of what he did with her body, the court heard.


According to the prosecution, the former lifeguard says he had originally intended to take her to get medical help, putting her into his Land Rover and driving her around the streets near their homes as she lay injured, dead or dying


He maintains that a combination of ‘drink, adrenaline and raw panic’ wiped out his recollection of subsequent events.


The 47-year-old ex-slaughterhouse worker could not explain to police why traces of the five-year-old’s blood and charred fragments of skull were found at his house, the jury was told

Prosecutor Miss Elwen Evans QC said: ‘He has played a cruel game in pretending not to know what he has done to her, and with her. Where he got rid of her body, how he got rid of her body – he says that he does not know, that he cannot remember. It’s a game to try to save himself and manipulate his way out of his full responsibility in what he has done.’


Bridger’s defence against charges of abduction, murder and perverting the course of justice was outlined yesterday for the first time in public as he went on trial seven months after April disappeared from outside her home in Machynlleth, West Wales.


Coral and Paul Jones sat hand in hand in court as details emerged of Bridger’s admission that he ‘killed or probably killed her’.


Miss Evans told the jury that on October 2, the day after April vanished, Bridger appeared to be ‘acting in a remarkably normal way’.


She added: ‘He said he knew nothing at all about her disappearance until that morning, the morning after her abduction. His story changed when he realised he had been seen abducting her and driving her away.


The court heard that he admitted he ‘must have’ disposed of her body but could not recall doing so.


He believed he had ‘put her out of the rain’ at one stage that day, but denied ever taking her to his home and said he did not sexually abuse her.


The jury was shown a photo of the cottage where Bridger lived – and where April’s blood and DNA were discovered.


Miss Evans told the jury: ‘This is the house where the blood, the bone fragments were found. That cottage is three miles from Machynlleth, called Mount Pleasant, and situated very close above the river there.


‘The defendant appears to have spent a lot of time outdoors, participating in what he calls survival and bushcraft.


‘He claimed to know the rugged terrain around Machynlleth well, and that’s been a significant feature in police determining the size, scope and scale in their search for April.


‘The defendant told people he had a career in the armed services, including the SAS, and had excelled during his military service.


‘Military records have of course been checked. His account of any career in the Army, in the forces, was a lie and a fantasy. He just never served in the Army.


In fact, Bridger worked in an abattoir between 2009 and 2012 and at the time of April’s disappearance was employed at a guest house.


Miss Evans said that he was ‘an experienced slaughterman who knew how to use knives professionally’.


She spent nearly an hour detailing and challenging Bridger’s version of events, adding: ‘We say he knows full well what he has done to April but chooses not to say.’


The prosecution case was that he abducted and murdered her – then went to ‘enormous lengths to try to cover up what he had done’, including trying unsuccessfully to remove any forensic evidence from his home.

'Someone has driven off with my little girl': Harrowing 999 call made by April Jones's mother

Mark Bridger wiped away tears in the dock as the court heard the harrowing 999 call made by April Jones’s mother after she was told her daughter had disappeared.

The distressing conversation was played to a silent court room as Coral Jones and her husband Paul listened from the public gallery


Members of the jury of nine women and three men were clearly upset and Bridger, who had shown little emotion throughout the day, shook his head and appeared to hold back tears. He then took a deep breath before wiping his eyes.

The court heard how the alarm was raised by April’s ten-year-old brother Harley at about 7.30pm on October 1, after a seven-year-old friend of hers told him she had seen April being driven away. Mrs Jones began the conversation with the 999 operator, then as she became more distraught she handed the phone over to friend and neighbour Valerie Jones.

Here is a transcript of what was said:

Coral Jones: ‘Please, my daughter’s been kidnapped from Bryn-y-Gog.’

Operator: ‘Hang on a second, tell me again, what did you say?’

Coral Jones: ‘My daughter was out playing with a friend and she’s been kidnapped.’

Operator: ‘You’ve been kidnapped?’ Coral Jones: ‘No, my daughter. She’s five years old. I’ve got to go.’

Valerie Jones:‘Apparently, what happened, she’s gone off in a car with somebody. Somebody’s picked her up in a car or something. We haven’t seen anything, we’ve just been told. It’s my friend’s daughter. She’s gone panicking, looking.’

Operator: ‘What’s the name of the child who’s gone missing?’

Valerie Jones: ‘April Jones.’

Operator: ‘How old is she?’ Valerie Jones: ‘Five.’ Operator: ‘And this just happened just literally minutes ago, did it?

Valerie Jones:‘Minutes ago, yes. She just said it’s a big grey car with a man driving. Everybody’s just scattered everywhere to go and look now and I’m just by the house.’

Operator: ‘How many people are out looking for her at the moment?’

Valerie Jones: ‘Her father, next-door neighbour, mother. She’s heading this way, back this way at the moment.’

Operator: ‘Is she OK, do you want me to speak? Hello, do you want me to speak to Coral?’

Coral Jones in the background, sobbing: ‘Come home. Somebody’s kidnapped April. Just come home please. Somebody’s kidnapped April, somebody’s kidnapped April.’


THE CHILD PORN FILES: WHAT POLICE FOUND ON BRIDGER'S LAPTOP



The jury was told that Bridger began creating folders of child porn images and pictures of April’s teenage half-sisters in May 2012 – five months before April disappeared.


The ‘distressing images’ were discovered on Bridger’s Acer laptop in his front room behind a white leather sofa.


Prosecutor Miss Evans said: ‘In his pictures library among family holiday photographs we see several folders.


‘In a folder named “clothes” we see some children who are unknown and some who are familiar.


‘Caroline Dickinson was the victim of a murder in France and images of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman from the Soham case.


‘There is an image of Jessica Lunsford, who was a murder victim in the US.’


The judge, Mr Justice Griffith Williams, told the jury: ‘You would not be required to look at this evidence unless I was satisfied of its importance.’
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[Nedusa]

That was a difficult post to read, good job compiling all that info. I'm reading the words in stunned disbelief that a man could actually stand in court and plead his innocence in the weight of so much evidence forensic and witness statements etc.

Could there ever only be one realistic outcome from this trial...

And for him to say he can't remember after he brutally raped tortured and killed her where he buried her body because he was drunk shows the utter disregard he has for this girl and her grieving family.

As I have stated in previous posts he should be removed from society to a place of absolute incarceration and should stay there until he draws his last breath....!!!!

[Cherie]

I feel sick after reading that. The parents having to sit through that.

[Iceman]

Found guilty of Murder, Abduction and perverting the course of justice. Sentencing this afternoon.

[Cherie]

Good.

[Iceman]

Sentencing is actually at 2pm

[Marc]

Was it ever a doubt he didn't do it

[Iceman]

Was it ever a doubt he didn't do it

No but people have gotten away with murder before.

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[bbfan1991]

RIP April and my thoughts are with her loved ones:(.

I hope that her evil killer rots in hell!

[Marcus.]

we find out today his sentence

[bbfan1991]

Mark Bridger, 47, sentenced to life with a whole-life tariff for murder of 5-year-old April Jones.

Good, the scumbag!

[Marcus.]

Mark Bridger, 47, sentenced to life with a whole-life tariff for murder of 5-year-old April Jones.

Good, the scumbag!

good lock the door and though away the keys

[Omah]

Banged up in solitary, probably ..... :thumbs:

[AnnieK]

I hope he is banged up in solitary for 23 hours per day...not banged up and given an x box and privileges

[Lee.]

Solitary is too good for him.. Let him mix with the other inmates, paedophiles and child killers are always popular in prisons.

I honestly hope every day of his life from now on is spent in hopeless misery.

[joeysteele]

I am pleased to see that he got life, meaning life too. He will for sure have a truly rotten time in prison, even in the very unlikely event he is not got at, he will never be sure somehow it won't happen and could happen anytime, anyday, any night.

We don't know the full details of everything obviously but thank goodness that little friend of April's saw her getting into his vehicle.

[Kizzy]

Nothing short of what child killers deserve.

[Kizzy]

Watching the crimewatch report on the case, he still has not disclosed her whereabouts... heartbreaking.

[the truth]

Just horrific.....I just cant find the words

[Samm]

A very sick and evil man