London - A man was last night charged with the murder of schoolgirl Laura Kane (9), Northumbria police said.
Bachelor Colin Bainbridge (34), from Murton, Co Durham, was due to appear before magistrates at Houghton-le-Spring this morning.
He had been questioned by detectives since his arrest on Saturday.
Laura disappeared from her home in Penshaw, near Sunderland, on August 25th after she told her mother she was going out to play with friends.
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Her body was discovered in a Co Durham house 10 days later.