Murdered girls: Man charged with wasting police time

A man arrested after hoax calls were made during the hunt for Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman has been charged with wasting police time.

Murdered girls: Man charged with wasting police time
Wed, 02 Oct, 2002 - 12:08

A man arrested after hoax calls were made during the hunt for Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman has been charged with wasting police time.

Howard Youd, 45, of Hope, near Wrexham, UK, was arrested on August 16 after calls were allegedly made to Cambridgeshire Police by a man claiming to have kidnapped the girls.

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