A person has as we speak admitted killing a vicar’s daughter whose physique was present in a rustic lane however denied murdering her.
Ross McCullam, 29, is accused of murdering Megan Newborough, 23, on Friday August 6.
The physique of the 23-year-old was present in a rustic highway in Woodhouse Eaves, close to Loughborough the day after her household reported her lacking.
The HR advisor, from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, was reported lacking the day past after she did not return dwelling following an internet date.
Showing through video-link from HMP Leicester on Friday, McCullam denied homicide and pleaded responsible to an alternate offence of manslaughter, on the grounds of diminished duty and lack of management.
Ross McCullam will now face trial subsequent yr at Leicester Crown Court docket accused of the homicide of Megan Newborough (pictured), who was found in Charley Highway, close to Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, within the early hours of Sunday, August 8
However the case was adjourned till subsequent yr – that means he’ll stand trial for homicide at Leicester Crown Court docket.
Choose Timothy Spencer QC instructed McCullam: ‘By means of your plea this morning you’ve gotten admitted a really severe matter and a really serous offence.
‘The prosecution don’t settle for that the case is a manslaughter case.
‘They are saying it’s a homicide case – the jury must resolve and your trial will happen on March seventh.’
He spoke solely to verify his plea of not responsible to a cost alleging he murdered Ms Newborough on August 6, and to state that he might hear the decide. Pictured, the police cordon near the place Ms Newborough’s physique was discovered
The defendant, of Coalville, Leicestershire, was remanded in custody.
Ms Newborough, from Nuneaton, had been reported lacking to Warwickshire Police on August 7.
In an announcement issued shortly after her loss of life, her household stated: ‘There are not any phrases to explain how a lot we as a household are fully heartbroken and devastated.
‘Megan was probably the most beneficiant, loving and caring individual and we have now been robbed of our treasured daughter.’
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