Another live blog:
11:01KEY EVENT
Prosecution case opening
James Newton-Price QC is now addressing the jury and is opening the case for the prosecution.
The trial is under way.
11:25KEY EVENT
Louise Smith was a 'vulnerable' child
Mr Newton-Price QC has told the jury:
Louise Smith was born on August 7 2003. At the age of 16 she disappeared. She disappeared on May 8 and her body was not found for some 13 days.
The man who killed her was the defendant, Shane Mays.
The photo that you see of her her was taken about a year before she died, she was about 15 and nine months or so when that photo was taken.
Louise lived in the Leigh Park area of Havant, her parents were Rebecca Cooper and Bradley Smith.
Her parents had separated and Louise lived with her mother in the Leigh Park area.
Louise had been living with her cousin and her husband, who is the defendant, Shane Mays.
She had been living there because of a quarrel with her mother.
Mr Newton-Price described Louise as a "vulnerable" child and said she was taking anti-depressants and suffered with some anxiety.
11:26ALEX BOYD
Louise last seen on VE Day
Louise was last seen on VE Day, May 8, near to the beginning of the first national lockdown.
She was reported missing at 6.32pm, sparking a large police search.
Her body was found at 11.45am on May 21, in the Havant Thicket woodland.
11:32ALEX BOYD
Shane Mays repeatedly lied about his involvement
Mr Newton-Price continued:
Shane Mays told police that he had walked Louise to a recreation ground or a skate park in Emsworth.
It is almost three miles from her home. He said that he left her there in the early afternoon of that day.
That was a lie. In fact Shane Mays and Louise Smith had walked to Havant Thicket. That is the large area of woodland.
And Shane Mays killed her there. He took her mobile phone and he threw it.
Having emerged from the wood, he was caught on a CCTV camera walking south from the direction of Havant Thicket on the way to his mother's house.
He lied to police about his involvement, and was initially arrested alongside his wife on suspicion of kidnap.
That was before Louise's body was found.
11:35KEY EVENT
Louise's body was 'badly burnt' and effort had been made to 'destroy' her body
The prosecutor said that when police found Louise's body on May 21, it was "badly burnt" and effort had been made to "destroy" it.
Mr Newton-Price QC labelled it a "cruel and brutal murder", and said her body was "unrecognisable".
Brutal injuries had been inflicted as her body was "subjected to extreme violence and violation".
The teenager's body had also been "penetrated in a horrible way".
11:35ALEX BOYD
Jury now being talked through locations relating to the case
The jury are now being shown a map with a number of locations on it, all of which relate to the case.
Live updates from court as Louise Smith murder trial begins
