30/11/2007

Funeral To Be Held For Vicky Hamilton

The funeral of murdered Scottish schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton is due to take place later today.

The remains of the 15-year-old from Redding near Falkirk, who disappeared in 1991, were found earlier this month at a house in Margate in Kent.

The body of another missing girl, 18-year-old Dinah McNicol, was also found in the same house. Dinah, from Tillingham in Essex, also disappeared in 1991.

Scottish man Peter Tobin, 61, has been charged with Vicky's murder.

Vicky's funeral will take place at Redding Parish Church, near Falkirk, at midday on Friday. She will then be buried in her father Michael's plot at Grandstable cemetery in the town.

(KMcA)


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