Dad denies murdering teenage daughter missing for more than 6 months

Bernadette Walker, 17, from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, vanished in July last year and is still missing as her dad Scott faces a charge of murder and her mum Sarah faces two counts of perverting the course of justice.

Bernadette Walker, 17, has not been been located since she was reported missing in July 2020
A dad has denied murdering his teenage daughter, who has been missing for more than six months.

Bernadette Walker, 17, from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, remains unaccounted for since she was reported missing in July 2020.

Her father Scott Walker, 50, pleaded not guilty to her murder during a virtual hearing at St Albans Crown Court on Friday, a court official said.

Walker is accused of her murder on July 18.

He is jointly charged, together with his 38-year-old wife Sarah, with two counts of perverting the course of justice.

It is alleged that between July 18 and September 12 they perverted the course of justice by the sending of messages from Bernadette Walker's phone, giving the impression she was alive.


Scott and Sarah Walker, the parents of missing teen Bernadette Walker

Scott Walker denies the charges.

Sarah Walker was not asked to enter pleas at Friday's hearing.

A trial has been fixed for June 21 at Cambridge Crown Court.

The trial is expected to last two to three weeks.

Sarah Walker is expected to be asked to enter pleas within the next four weeks.

The defendants, both of Millfield, Peterborough, were remanded into custody.

Originally published on Mirror