UK UK - Sarah Wellgreen, 46, Kent, 9 Oct 2018

[Alyce]

Just putting this up to show distance from New Ash Green to Peckham Woods.
Wonder, do police have direct info re the woods or are they just widening the search area.

Google Maps

 

[deugirtni]

Just FYI, the official Missing Sara FB page is reporting that a female body which was found, is NOT SW. (There was a body found in Humber Estuary (at Grimsby Docks?), but not sure how far that would even be from Kent?)

ETA: The page was talking about Leybourne Lakes:
Body pulled from lake

 

[Al Ka]

Just FYI, the official Missing Sara FB page is reporting that a female body which was found, is NOT SW. (There was a body found in Humber Estuary (at Grimsby Docks?), but not sure how far that would even be from Kent?)

ETA: The page was talking about Leybourne Lakes:
Body pulled from lake

It has been confirmed that remains found in docks are of Libby Squire, missing from Hull. Body in Humber confirmed as Libby Squire

 

[deugirtni]

Just FYI, the official Missing Sara FB page is reporting that a female body which was found, is NOT SW. (There was a body found in Humber Estuary (at Grimsby Docks?), but not sure how far that would even be from Kent?)

ETA: The page was talking about Leybourne Lakes:
Body pulled from lake

It has been confirmed that remains found in docks are of Libby Squire, missing from Hull. Body in Humber confirmed as Libby Squire

The body found at Leybourne Lakes (which I'm getting is in Kent), was that of an 80 year old man. It says the 5th victim of the lake in the past 11 years (although at least 2 of those were suicides).
"A man in his 80s was found dead in a countryside lake, police have confirmed.

He is the fifth person to die at Leybourne Lakes in the last 11 years.

His body was pulled from the lakes in New Hythe, near Aylesford, this morning, as police investigated a report of a missing person."

Lake death: Man in 80s pulled from water

 

[GuyfromCanada]

Volunteers helping to search for missing mum Sarah Wellgreen say they'll never stop looking as they today mark six months since she was last seen.

The 47-year-old, who has five children, vanished after being spotted near her home in Bazes Shaw, New Ash Green, on October 9.

Her former partner Ben Lacomba is due to go on trial in June after denying her murder.

Six months since mum vanished

 

[Alyce]

Thanks for the update. Hard to believe it is 6 months already.

This line, from the article

vanished after being spotted near her home in Bazes Shaw, New Ash Green, on October 9.

I thought the last known information was the phone call with NJ and it was presumed that Sarah was inside her house.

 

[Alyce]

Just adding a date from Tortoise earlier post

Pre Trial Hearing is Friday May 17

 

[deugirtni]

Is anyone local able to attend the pre trial hearing on May 17th?

 

[SJ16321]

For somebody more in the know than me on these kind of things. What are the chances of actually getting a conviction if they can't find a body?

 

[Legally Bland]

For somebody more in the know than me on these kind of things. What are the chances of actually getting a conviction if they can't find a body?

It totally depends on what other evidence they have. I think juries are happy to convict without a body if the evidence is there.

We'll just have to wait till it gets to trial to see what they have.

 

[Tortoise]

Gone from Maidstone to Woolwich Crown Court for some reason.

Woolwich Crown Court 5 T20197107
Ben Sebastian Lacomba
Details: For Pre-Trial Review - Case Started - 14:11
For Pre-Trial Review - Case to be listed for Further Mention/PAD on 18-Jun-2019 - 15:07
For Pre-Trial Review - Hearing finished for BEN SEBASTIAN LACOMBA - 15:12

 

[Tortoise]

And a new case number, it looks like.

 

[Alyce]

Wonder which prison he's in ? perhaps Woolwich is closer

 

[Legally Bland]

Wonder which prison he's in ? perhaps Woolwich is closer

On google maps it looks almost next door to Belmarsh.

ETA: Google Maps

 

[Tortoise]

The man accused of murdering missing Dartford woman, Sarah Wellgreen, will not stand trial until late September after he was originally due to appear in court next week.

Ben Lacomba, 38, was due to appear before Maidstone Crown Court on June 18 charged with the murder of the missing mum-of-five who disappeared from the New Ash Green area in October of last year.

However, Kent Police have since confirmed that the trial date has been delayed until September 30 at the earliest.

Trial for man accused of murdering Sarah Wellgreen delayed by three months

 

[Alyce]

All these trials being put back - overloaded courts or are the Pros or Defence still not ready ?

 

[Alyce]

There is an update on the Search page but not sure if it is ok to link here - have posted it elsewhere

 

[Alyce]

The case has been listed for Further Mention/PAD - exact reason has not been given

 

[Tortoise]

Shrouded in mystery. If only we had a local person to go to the court hearings and report on the reason for the numerous delays.

 

[deugirtni]

Trial scheduled to start in a week:
This is from the 'Missing' FB page:

TRIAL UPDATE - 18 JUNE 2019

Since our last past about the delay to the trial we can now share that a new start date has been set and it is due to begin on 30th September 2019.

This is after the 'Further Mention' took place yesterday (Monday 17th) at Woolwich Crown Court. As the start date has been set, it means the judge was satisfied that any outstanding issues/actions have now been resolved and it is okay to proceed with the trial.