Former lifeguard Mark Bridger is “probably responsible” for the death of April Jones (5) but denies her abduction and murder, a court heard yesterday.
Mr Bridger, Ceinws, near Machynlleth, Wales, will stand trial later this year accused of murdering April, who went missing last October. She was last seen playing on Machynlleth’s Bryn-y-Gog estate.
Mr Bridger was arrested but the search for April’s body continues. He entered not guilty pleas to abduction, murder and perverting the course of justice at Mold Crown Court.
But Brendan Kelly, defending, told the court his client’s defence involved him “conceding that he probably killed the child”.