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Former milkman guilty of murdering Claire Tiltman

Colin Ash-Smith guilty of the murder of Kent schoolgirl Claire Tiltman in 1993.

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VIDEO: Change in the law brings murderer to justice

Today Colin Ash-Smith was found guilty of murder - more than 20 years after he stabbed schoolgirl Claire Tiltman.

At the time of the killing the circumstantial evidence against him was significant but not strong enough to go to trial. But a change in the law - and some vital new evidence changed that.

This report from Jonathan Marland, who covered Claire's murder from the start and investigated the case for an ITV Meridian documentary.

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