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Paige Chivers: Blackpool man charged with murder | Paige Chivers: Blackpool man charged with murder |
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A man has been charged with the murder of a Blackpool teenager who has been missing since 2007. | A man has been charged with the murder of a Blackpool teenager who has been missing since 2007. |
Paige Chivers, who was 15, was last seen during the August bank holiday in Bispham, Blackpool. | Paige Chivers, who was 15, was last seen during the August bank holiday in Bispham, Blackpool. |
Robert Ewing, 59, of Kincraig Place, Blackpool, is charged with murder and perverting the course of justice. | Robert Ewing, 59, of Kincraig Place, Blackpool, is charged with murder and perverting the course of justice. |
Mr Ewing was remanded in custody by Blackpool magistrates to appear at Preston Crown Court on Monday. | |
'Denying charges' | |
Gareth Dewhurst, 45, of Duncan Avenue, Blackpool, also appeared in court, charged with assisting an offender, perverting the course of justice and a serious sexual offence. | |
The defence for both defendants told the court their clients would be denying all the charges against them. | |
A 29-year-old man from Blackpool questioned by police after being arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice has been bailed. | A 29-year-old man from Blackpool questioned by police after being arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice has been bailed. |
Paige Chivers has not been found despite numerous appeals, rewards, and a long-running police investigation. | |
Father murdered | |
It was previously reported that she was last seen on 23 August 2007 at a bus stop in Ashfield Road, Bispham, carrying a bag or suitcase after a row. | |
However, police said this was no longer the case and they could only confirm that she went missing "some time over the bank holiday weekend". | |
Paige's father Frank Chivers, 49, was murdered at his home in Layton, Blackpool, last year. Sean Conlon, 44, of no fixed address, was convicted of his murder and jailed for a minimum of 15 years at Preston Crown Court in January. | Paige's father Frank Chivers, 49, was murdered at his home in Layton, Blackpool, last year. Sean Conlon, 44, of no fixed address, was convicted of his murder and jailed for a minimum of 15 years at Preston Crown Court in January. |