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19/04/2007
Man in court over 1975 murder
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of eleven-year-old Lesley Molseed in 1975.
Ronald Castree, 53, of Brandon Crescent, Oldham, Greater Manchester, pleaded not guilty to the charge at Bradford Crown Court on Thursday.
Lesley vanished on October 5, 1975, after leaving her home on Delamare Road in Rochdale to run an errand for her mother.
Her body was discovered three days later on Rishworth Moor, near Ripponden, West Yorkshire.
She had been stabbed 12 times.
Stefan Kiszko, a 22-year-old tax clerk from Rotherham, was convicted of the murder in 1976, but was freed in 1992 after the Court of Appeal overturned his conviction.
He died shortly after his release.
Mr Castree has been remanded in custody. His trial is due to begin on October 22.
(KMcA/JM)
Ronald Castree, 53, of Brandon Crescent, Oldham, Greater Manchester, pleaded not guilty to the charge at Bradford Crown Court on Thursday.
Lesley vanished on October 5, 1975, after leaving her home on Delamare Road in Rochdale to run an errand for her mother.
Her body was discovered three days later on Rishworth Moor, near Ripponden, West Yorkshire.
She had been stabbed 12 times.
Stefan Kiszko, a 22-year-old tax clerk from Rotherham, was convicted of the murder in 1976, but was freed in 1992 after the Court of Appeal overturned his conviction.
He died shortly after his release.
Mr Castree has been remanded in custody. His trial is due to begin on October 22.
(KMcA/JM)
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