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| Man denying murder of schoolgirl | Man denying murder of schoolgirl |
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| A 62-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged with murdering a nine-year-old girl, who was abducted and killed in County Antrim 28 years ago. | A 62-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged with murdering a nine-year-old girl, who was abducted and killed in County Antrim 28 years ago. |
| Jennifer Cardy disappeared from Ballinderry village in August 1981 while cycling to a friend's house. | Jennifer Cardy disappeared from Ballinderry village in August 1981 while cycling to a friend's house. |
| Robert Black, who is from Scotland but is serving a life sentence at Wakefield Prison in England, spoke only to confirm he understood the charges. | Robert Black, who is from Scotland but is serving a life sentence at Wakefield Prison in England, spoke only to confirm he understood the charges. |
| His solicitor told Lisburn Magistrates Court he would contest the charges. | His solicitor told Lisburn Magistrates Court he would contest the charges. |
| The accused was remanded in custody to Craigavon court where he will be arraigned on 1 March. | The accused was remanded in custody to Craigavon court where he will be arraigned on 1 March. |
| Jennifer Cardy had been enjoying her long summer holidays in her home village of Ballinderry, near Lisburn. | |
| On 11 August, she set off on her red bicycle to visit a friend, but she never arrived. | |
| Fears for her safety grew when her bike was discovered behind a hedge about a mile from her home. | |
| Search | |
| In the hours and days that followed, more than 200 local people joined police and soldiers in one of Northern Ireland's biggest ever searches, combing the area for clues. | |
| Her parents, Andrew and Pat, appeared on television during the effort thanking the searchers and saying the unity it had produced showed that Northern Ireland was not all about violence. | |
| However, their worst fears were confirmed six days after Jennifer first went missing. | |
| Her body was found by two young fishermen at McKee's Dam, near Hillsborough, about 10 miles from her home on the main Belfast to Dublin road. | |
| A post mortem examination revealed that Jennifer had been drowned and that her body had been in the water for days before it was discovered. | |
| Robert Black was first questioned about the murder in 2005. | |
| It is understood that he was working as a van driver in 1981 and was delivering posters across the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland. |