Justice for Claire: Former milkman Colin Ash-Smith has been found guilty of murdering schoolgirl Claire Tiltman in a "frenzied attack" in 1993

Former milkman Colin Ash-Smith has been found guilty of murdering schoolgirl Claire Tiltman in a "frenzied attack" in 1993 

The 46-year-old stabbed Claire Tiltman from behind as she took a short cut through an alleyway to a friend's house in 1993, four days after her 16th birthday.
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Claire Tiltman was murdered in 1993

 

UPDATED: Colin Ash-Smith hearing adjourned in Claire Tiltman murder case

News By Tim MacFarlan, 

Bexley and north Kent reporter

16-year old Claire Tiltman

 

Colin Ash-Smith due to plead today in Claire Tiltman murder case

The man accused of murdering Claire Tiltman in Greenhithe more than two decades ago has appeared in court. Colin Ash-Smith, 45, is charged with killing the 16-year-old in an alleyway in January 1993. She was found with more than 40 stab wounds to her body. Ash-Smith appeared at the Old Bailey via video link from Belmarsh prison and spoke only to confirm his name. He did not enter a plea and will be remanded in custody until his trial, which is expected to last five to six weeks and will start on November 3. The former milkman's parents Aubrey and Diane Ash-Smith were both present for the hearing.