A 35-year-old father has appeared in court charged with the murder of his nine-year-old daughter after she was found with serious injuries at a makeshift campsite on a Scottish industrial estate. Christopher Rice faced Forfar Sheriff Court in Angus today following the death of Minnie Merriman, who later died in hospital after emergency crews were called to Elliot Industrial Estate in nearby Arbroath early on Monday morning.
The father, whose address was formally listed as Wakefield in West Yorkshire, made no plea to the single charge of murder during the private hearing before a sheriff. The suspect, described in official reports as a white British male, was remanded in custody and is expected to return to the dock within eight days for further examination.
