Man denies murdering British-born toddler Cheryl Grimmer in Australia 50 years ago

A 64-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of a British-born toddler in Australia nearly 50 years ago.

Three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer vanished from a beach in New South Wales in 1970.

She was one of four children to emigrate from Knowle, Bristol, to Australia in 1969, with the family-of-six living at a hostel near Fairy Meadow Beach, 40 miles south of Sydney, at the time of her disappearance.

The accused man, originally from Britain, appeared at the state's Supreme Court in Sydney on Friday via video-link.

The man, who cannot be named as he was a minor at the time of the alleged offence, spoke only to confirm his name and not-guilty plea.A trial will take place at the same court in May.