British man to admit killing missing five-year-old girl
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A handout picture obtained in London from the Welsh Police on Oct 3, 2012, shows missing five-year-old British girl April Jones. A man accused of abducting and murdering a five-year-old girl whose disappearance sparked one of the largest police searches in British history is "probably responsible" for her death, his lawyer on Jan 14, 2013. Mark Bridger, 46, denies murdering April Jones, whose has been missing from the Welsh town of Machynlleth since Oct in a case that gripped Britain and prompted hundreds of local volunteers to join the police search. -- PHOTO : AFP
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A handout picture released by Manchester Police shows Mark Bridger, 46, whom British police investigating the disappearance of a five-year-old girl in Wales charged on Oct 6, 2012 with her murder although her body had still not been found. A man accused of abducting and murdering a five-year-old girl whose disappearance sparked one of the largest police searches in British history is "probably responsible" for her death, his lawyer on Jan 14, 2013. Mark Bridger, 46, denies murdering April Jones, whose has been missing from the Welsh town of Machynlleth since Oct in a case that gripped Britain and prompted hundreds of local volunteers to join the police search. -- PHOTO : AFP
A handout picture obtained in London from the Welsh Police on Oct 3, 2012, shows missing five-year-old British girl April Jones. A man accused of abducting and murdering a five-year-old girl whose disappearance sparked one of the largest police searches in British history is "probably responsible" for her death, his lawyer on Jan 14, 2013. Mark Bridger, 46, denies murdering April Jones, whose has been missing from the Welsh town of Machynlleth since Oct in a case that gripped Britain and prompted hundreds of local volunteers to join the police search. -- PHOTO : AFP
A handout picture released by Manchester Police shows Mark Bridger, 46, whom British police investigating the disappearance of a five-year-old girl in Wales charged on Oct 6, 2012 with her murder although her body had still not been found. A man accused of abducting and murdering a five-year-old girl whose disappearance sparked one of the largest police searches in British history is "probably responsible" for her death, his lawyer on Jan 14, 2013. Mark Bridger, 46, denies murdering April Jones, whose has been missing from the Welsh town of Machynlleth since Oct in a case that gripped Britain and prompted hundreds of local volunteers to join the police search. -- PHOTO : AFP
LONDON (AFP) - A man accused of abducting a five-year-old girl whose disappearance sparked one of Britain's biggest ever police searches has denied murdering her but is "probably responsible" for her death, his lawyer said Monday.
Former lifeguard Mark Bridger, 46, denied three charges including the murder and abduction of April Jones, whose has been missing from the Welsh town of Machynlleth since October despite a massive search by police and volunteers.
Bridger's lawyer told Mold Crown Court in Wales that while his client denies murder, in his trial his defence would involve him "conceding that he probably killed the child" although he did not murder her.
The trial is set to begin on Feb 25 and last four weeks.
