Man facing 1975 moors murder charge

12 April 2012

A 53-year-old man is due to appear in court accused of murdering an 11-year-old girl more than 30 years ago.

Ronald Castree is charged with the murder of Lesley Molseed on Rishworth Moor, near Ripponden, West Yorkshire, between October 4 and October 9, 1975.

Lesley disappeared on October 5 1975, after leaving her home in Delamere Road, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, to run an errand for her mother.

Her body was discovered three days later on open moorland above the A672 Oldham to Halifax Road, near Ripponden, West Yorkshire.

She had been stabbed 12 times.

Tax clerk Stefan Kiszko was convicted of Lesley's murder in 1976.

But Mr Kiszko was freed from prison 16 years later after his conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal.

Castree, of Brandon Crescent, Shaw, Oldham, Greater Manchester, was arrested after police reopened the inquiry.

He is due to appear at Bradford Crown Court for a plea and case management hearing.

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