TOMMY Paul Hughes, aged 22, of Rodney Street, Birkenhead, has been further remanded in custody until December 4 by Wirral magistrates.

He is charged with the murder of three-year-old Natasha Denmark at Rodney Street in Birkenhead in July and his solicitors have asked for a read-out committal.

There was no application for bail. Hughes also faces four charges of being concerned in the supply of heroin at Birkenhead.

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