25/09/2014

59-Year-Old Man Charged With Murder Of Teen Missing Since 2007

A 59-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a teenager missing since 2007.

Paige Chivers was 15 when she went missing "some time over the bank holiday weekend" in August, 2007, in Bipsham in Blackpool.

Police have now reported they have charged Robert Ewing, of Kincraig Place, Blackpool, with murder and perverting the course of justice.

A second man, 45-year-old Gareth Dewhurst, of Duncan Avenue in Blackpool, has also been charged with assisting an offender, perverting the course of justice and a serious sexual offence.

Paige Chivers has never been found, despite a number of appeals, rewards and a long-running police investigation.

(MH/CD)

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