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Father remanded over girl in car murder
6 Aug 2009The father of a 17-year-old girl who was found stabbed to death in a car appeared in court charged with her murder today.
Gary Fisher, 47, spoke only to confirm his name and address during a short hearing at Llanelli Magistrates' Court in west Wales.
Police found the body of Chanelle Sasha Jones after stopping a Ford Fiesta on the A487 near Aberaeron, Ceredigion, on Sunday night.
The teenager, from Cardigan and known to her friends as Sasha, had been reported missing hours earlier in the day.
A post-mortem examination revealed she had died of stab wounds.
Wearing a black jumper and with a tattoo on his shaven head, Fisher, of Solihull, West Midlands, stood in the dock as the charge of murdering Sasha on August 2 in Cardigan was read out.
Chairman Jeff Derrick told him he was remanded in custody until a crown court appearance on August 14.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to investigate the response of Dyfed-Powys Police to a report by a family member that Sasha had gone missing.
IPCC Commissioner for Wales Tom Davies yesterday said he was arranging to meet the family to explain the watchdog's role.
The investigation will look at whether the police response to the missing person report was "proportionate and timely", he said.
It will also look at the force's missing person risk assessment and whether police had any previous intelligence to take account of.
