CHRISTOPHER Halliwell has pleaded not guilty to the murder of 22-year-old Sian O'Callaghan.

Halliwell, 48, of Ashbury Avenue, Nythe, entered the plea at a hearing this afternoon.

The news comes more than a year after office worker Sian was last seen alive leaving Suju nightclub, in High Street, Old Town, on March 19 last year.

At a previous hearing, a provisional trial date was set for February 25 next year.

More details from today's court case will be on our website as it happens.