17/11/2014

Rented Home Of Mark Bridger Demolished

The former rented home of Mark Bridger, where he is believed to have murdered five-year-old April Jones, has been destroyed.

According to reports, Carol and Paul Jones, April's parents, watched as the house was demolished.

Bridger was sentenced to a whole-life term for the abduction and murder of April in October 2012.

It is believed April was murdered at the house in Ceinws, Powys, but her body has never been recovered.

The are currently no plans for the site where the house stood, and it is understood what to do with the area will be decided by the local community.

(MH/CD)

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A funeral service has been held for April Jones, the five-year-old girl murdered by Mark Bridger almost a year ago. Family, friends, members of the local community, police and members of a search and rescue team that had helped search for the missing girl gathered in April's hometown of Machynlleth in mid Wales for the service.
05 October 2012
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The search for missing five-year-old April Jones has continued into its fifth day. Dyfed-Powys Police have arrested Mark Bridger, 46, on suspicion of murder. April, who suffers from cerebral palsy, was last seen by another child near her home in the Bryn Y Gog estate in Machynlleth, mid Wales, at around 7pm on Monday.
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Inmate Given Second Life Term For Mark Bridger Attack
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