A FATHER charged with the murder of his 11-year-old daughter eight years ago has appeared at Manchester Crown Court.

Geoffrey Porter, aged 43, is accused of the murder of Phyllis Patricia Porter on November 20, 1996. He was remanded in custody until a plea and direction hearing on November 12.

Police exhumed Phyllis's body last year and further toxicology and DNA tests were carried out before she was re-buried in the same family plot.