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.
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