11/02/2015

Police Search Field In Blackpool In 2007 Disappearance Case

Police investigating the 2007 disappearance of 15-year-old Paige Chivers are conducting a search on an area of land in Blackpool.

The teenager was last seen in Blackpool during the August 2007 bank holiday weekend.

Lancashire Police have confirmed they are searching a field off Faraday Way, Bispham, following new information.

The site of the police search is expected to be closed for a "number of days".

Two men are due to appear in court in April charged with the murder of Ms Chivers.

60-year-old Robert Ewing, from Bispham, is charged with murdering the teenager. A charge he has denied.

45-year-old Gareth Dewhurst, of Duncan Avenue, Blackpool, is charged with a serious sexual offence, assisting an offender in disposing of the teenager's body and perverting the course of justice.

They will both stand trial at Preston Crown Court on 14 April.

(MH/CD)

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