A 21-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Kent teenager Terry Edmonds.

Philip James Bell, unemployed, of no fixed address within the Tunbridge Wells area, is accused of killing the 17-year-old student following his arrest yesterday.

He appeared at Sevenoaks Magistrates' Court this morning and was remanded in custody. He will next appear at Maidstone Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on August 21.

Terry, from Hadlow, near Tonbridge, was last seen after she got off a train at Tunbridge Wells railway station at 6.25pm on Monday, April 17.

Her body was later found in a suitcase in a car park close to Morrisons supermarket in the centre of the town

Anyone with any information about the murder is asked to call the incident room on 01622 654850 or Kent CrimeStoppers on 0800 555111. Calls to CrimeStoppers are free and you do not have to give your name.