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| April Jones trial: Prosecution against Mark Bridger resumes | April Jones trial: Prosecution against Mark Bridger resumes |
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| Prosecutors are due to resume setting out their case against a man who is accused of murdering missing five-year-old April Jones in a sexually motivated attack. | Prosecutors are due to resume setting out their case against a man who is accused of murdering missing five-year-old April Jones in a sexually motivated attack. |
| Mark Bridger, 47, from Ceinws, Powys denies abducting and murdering April, who went missing seven months ago close to her home in nearby Machynlleth. | |
| The jury at Mold Crown Court has heard that blood matching April's and bone fragments were found at his home. | The jury at Mold Crown Court has heard that blood matching April's and bone fragments were found at his home. |
| The trial is due to last six weeks. | The trial is due to last six weeks. |
| Mr Bridger also denies intending to pervert the course of justice. | Mr Bridger also denies intending to pervert the course of justice. |
| April disappeared on 1 October, 2012 while playing near her home in Machynlleth and has never been found. | April disappeared on 1 October, 2012 while playing near her home in Machynlleth and has never been found. |
| On Tuesday, Elwen Evans QC began the opening of the prosecution's case against Mr Bridger. | On Tuesday, Elwen Evans QC began the opening of the prosecution's case against Mr Bridger. |
| She told the jury that Mr Bridger had gone to enormous lengths to conceal what he had done. | She told the jury that Mr Bridger had gone to enormous lengths to conceal what he had done. |
| She said that he had played a "cruel game" to try to save himself in pretending not to know what he had done to April. | |
| An extensive clean-up had been carried out by the defendant at his home, she said, but bone fragments consistent with those of a juvenile human skull and a concentration of blood was found near his wood burner. | An extensive clean-up had been carried out by the defendant at his home, she said, but bone fragments consistent with those of a juvenile human skull and a concentration of blood was found near his wood burner. |
| A harrowing 999 call made by April's family reporting her disappearance was played to the court and the jury was shown images depicting sex abuse against children which were found on Mr Bridger's computer. | A harrowing 999 call made by April's family reporting her disappearance was played to the court and the jury was shown images depicting sex abuse against children which were found on Mr Bridger's computer. |
| Photos of the Soham murder victims Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were also found. | Photos of the Soham murder victims Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were also found. |
| April's parents, Coral and Paul Jones were in the court's public gallery all day. | April's parents, Coral and Paul Jones were in the court's public gallery all day. |
| The trial continues on Wednesday. | The trial continues on Wednesday. |