Chuck Jones, who created all of the wonderfully-manic Warner Brothers cartoon characters, once told me that his favourite was the ill-fated Daffy Duck.

The woman charged in connection with the murder of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman today appeared in court via a video link.

Academy Award-winning animator Chuck Jones, who drew such beloved cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, has died. He was 89.