A COURT heard how accused child killer Mark Bridger had pictures of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, murdered by Grimsby's Ian Huntley, on a computer at his home.
April Jones was killed by a 'sexually motivated' abductor who downloaded images of murdered Soham girls, the jury was told yesterday.
Bridger, 47, kept child porn and pictures of dead youngsters on his laptop and studied vile internet images before kidnapping five-year-old April , it was alleged.
The former slaughterhouse worker is said to have snatched 'happy and smiling' April as she played outside her home in Machynlleth, mid-Wales one evening last October – hours after he was ditched by his girlfriend The prosecution claims, he took her to his house and disposed of her body, leaving traces of blood and charred bone despite going to 'enormous lengths' to clear up. The bone fragments were found in the ashes of a wood-burning stove.
Bridger is on trial accused of abduction, murder and perverting the course of justice. He denies the charges maintaining, according to the prosecution, that he accidentally ran April over with his Land Rover – and has 'no recollection' of what happened after he drove off with her.
Despite a huge search by police and public, her body has never been found. Yesterday the jury at Mold Crown Court was shown a series of images recovered from the former lifeguard's computer, including those of Cambridgeshire ten-year-olds Holly and Jessica, murdered by paedophile school caretaker Ian Huntley in 2002.
Huntley's case was one of the most high profile double child killings in recent history. Born and bred in the Grimsby area, he had gone down to live and work in Sohom with his then girlfriend, Maxine Carr, who had known the two 10-year-old girls.
They had disappeared after walking near their homes – their bodies were later found dumped in a remote ditch. The case prompted a massive outcry as Huntley has been able to get a job as a school caretaker in Sohom, despite being suspected of sexual offences in the past.
The trial of Bridger continues.
