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Man charged with murder in 1975 Man remanded over 1975 murder
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Detectives have charged a 53-year-old man in connection with the murder of a schoolgirl on moorland 31 years ago. A 53-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of a schoolgirl more than 30 years ago.
Lesley Molseed, 11, left her Rochdale home on 5 October 1975 on an errand for her mother but never returned. Ronald Castree, of Brandon Crescent, Shaw, Oldham, Greater Manchester, appeared at Calderdale Magistrates' Court in Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Stefan Kiszko, from Rochdale, served 16 years in prison for her murder, but was freed on appeal in 1992. He later died. He is accused of murdering 11-year-old Lesley Molseed in 1975.
Ronald Castree from Oldham, Greater Manchester, will appear at Calderdale Magistrates' Court on Tuesday charged with Lesley's murder. On 5 October 1975, she left her home in Delamere Road, Rochdale, on an errand. Three days later her body was found on moors in Ripponden, West Yorkshire.
Stefan Kiszko was freed on appeal after spending 16 years in jail She had been stabbed 12 times.
Lesley, who was sexually assaulted and stabbed 12 times, disappeared after going out to buy a loaf of bread and an air freshener. Chairman of the bench Steve Jenkinson remanded Mr Castree in custody to appear before Bradford Crown Court on 14 November.
Three days later her mutilated body was found on the moors just off the A672 in Ripponden, West Yorkshire. During the brief hearing, members of Lesley's family shook their heads and cried in court as they heard legal arguments about the case.
Mr Kiszko's conviction was one of the worst miscarriages of justice in the history of West Yorkshire Police. The defendant spoke only to confirm his name, age, address and that he understood the charge.
He was freed on appeal when new evidence proved he could not have killed Lesley. He died a year later. Lesley Molseed's mother April Garrett arrives at court
Mr Kiszko's mother, Charlotte, who had campaigned relentlessly to prove his innocence, died a few months after her son. The court heard he was charged with Lesley's murder between 4 October and 9 October 1975 on Rishworth Moor above the A672 Oldham to Halifax Road.
After a major investigation in which nearly 5,000 statements were taken and more than 12,000 people spoken to in the first three months, 26-year-old Stefan Kiszko, a tax clerk from Rochdale, was convicted of Lesley's murder.
He spent 16 years in prison before finally being released following an appeal but died shortly afterwards.
The investigation was reopened and featured on the BBC's Crimewatch programme in February 2003.
At the time West Yorkshire Police vowed to keep the murder investigation open until the youngster's killer was found.