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| Nicola Cross: man appears in court charged with murder | Nicola Cross: man appears in court charged with murder |
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| A man has appeared in court accused of murdering a woman who was stabbed to death an hour after police had been alerted to reports of someone acting suspiciously outside her Hertfordshire home. | A man has appeared in court accused of murdering a woman who was stabbed to death an hour after police had been alerted to reports of someone acting suspiciously outside her Hertfordshire home. |
| Marcin Porczynski, 25, was remanded in custody at Hatfield magistrates court on Thursday on charges of murdering Nicola Cross, 37, who was killed at her house in Hemel Hempstead on Monday night. | Marcin Porczynski, 25, was remanded in custody at Hatfield magistrates court on Thursday on charges of murdering Nicola Cross, 37, who was killed at her house in Hemel Hempstead on Monday night. |
| Porczynski is also charged with two counts of kidnap and one of trespassing a dwelling with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. | Porczynski is also charged with two counts of kidnap and one of trespassing a dwelling with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. |
| He was accompanied in the dock by a Polish interpreter and spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and his address. He did not enter pleas during the brief hearing. | He was accompanied in the dock by a Polish interpreter and spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and his address. He did not enter pleas during the brief hearing. |
| Porczynski was led away from the dock in handcuffs and will appear at St Albans crown court on Friday for a preliminary hearing. Cross’s husband was not in court for the hearing. | Porczynski was led away from the dock in handcuffs and will appear at St Albans crown court on Friday for a preliminary hearing. Cross’s husband was not in court for the hearing. |
| Hertfordshire police has admitted officers spoke to a man an hour before Cross’s death after receiving reports of someone acting suspiciously. | |
| Police were called back to the street an hour later to investigate reports a man was trespassing into a neighbouring home. It was while they were probing this that officers discovered Cross, who lived next door, had been stabbed. She was later pronounced dead. | |
| Hertfordshirepolice have referred the incident to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. | |
| A 19-year-old man arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to burgle has been released on police bail until 24 September. |