‘April killer asked 10-year-old on sleepover’

The man accused of murdering April Jones asked a 10-year-old girl to “come for a sleepover with his daughter” shortly before he snatched April, a jury has heard.

A recorded police interview with the youngster, who cannot be named because of her age, was shown at Mark Bridger’s trial at Mold Crown Court.

Former slaughterhouse worker Bridger, 47, denies abducting and murdering five-year-old April as she played near her home in Machynlleth, mid-Wales, on the evening of Oct 1 last year.