Murder accused weeps at court hearing

Poignant tributes were paid to missing five-year-old April Jones last night as Chinese lanterns were released into the night sky.

Well-wishers lit candles and released the symbolic glowing lights after the little girl’s parents asked for her to be remembered, one week on from her disappearance.

It is believed Coral Jones, 40, and husband Paul, 44, released their own Chinese lantern from their garden in Machynlleth in a private remembrance, several hours after the five-year-old’s alleged killer was remanded by magistrates.