How the investigation into Nikitta Grender's murder unfolded.
Created by swargus on 23/02/2012
Last updated: 24/02/12 at 11:43
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JUDGE John Griffith Williams has imposed a minimum 35-year tariff on Newport murderer Carl Whant.
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JURY members in the trial of the Newport man accused of raping and murdering teenage mum-to-be Nikitta Grender are expected to retire to consider their verdict today.
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THE man accused of raping and murdering pregnant teenager Nikitta Grender took to the stand yesterday. Carl Whant was giving evidence on the 15th day of his trial at Newport Crown Court.
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WHANT told the jury about his night out in Newport with Mr Mayes and a group of friends as they made their way around pubs, drinking and taking cocaine.
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MURDER accused Carl Whant broke down in tears before his seventh police interview where detectives were quizzing him about the death of pregnant teenager Nikitta Grender, a court heard yesterday.
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THE BOYFRIEND of a pregnant teenager who was found dead in her burnt out flat yesterday told a court they were "over the moon" to be expecting their first child and were happy together.
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THE fiancée of a Newport man on trial for the rape and murder of 19-year-old Nikitta Grender gave evidence for the prosecution at his trial yesterday. Ailsa Chalk reports.
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YESTERDAY, jurors were taken to see Miss Grender’s flat and the bedroom where she was found dead on the morning of February 5 last year.
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A NEWPORT man accused of raping a pregnant teenager before stabbing her to death was "fixated" with her, a court heard yesterday.
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DURING the prosecution opening, jury members heard details of how, after Miss Grender was stabbed, the bed was deliberately set alight in three places with either a lighter or matches.
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Carl Whant appears at Cardiff Crown Court for plea and case management hearing, where the prosecution adds two additional counts – rape and arson – to the indictment. Whant pleads not guilty to all charges.
BOYFRIEND Ryan Mayes left a floral tribute in the shape of a teddy bear with a card reading: "Nikitta and Kelsey-May. My beautiful 'angels'.
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Funeral of Miss Grender and her daughter, Kelsey-May, takes place at St John’s Church, Maindee, followed by cremation.
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Hundreds of people release white and pink balloons outside the Riverfront Theatre, Newport, in tribute
to Miss Grender and her unborn daughter, Kelsey-May.
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Whant appears at Cardiff Crown Court in front of a packed public gallery, where he is remanded in custody until a plea and case management hearing.
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Whant appears at Caerphilly
Magistrates’ Court, where he is remanded in custody after facing Ryan Mayes in court for the first time.
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26-year-old Carl Whant from Newport has tonight been charged with the murder of Nikitta Grender.
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POLICE are tonight continuing to question a Newport man on suspicion of murdering teenage mum-to-be Nikitta Grender, after a second extension was granted
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THE parents and brother of murdered teenager Nikitta Grender yesterday solemnly laid flowers and a teddy bear outside the house in which she was stabbed to death.
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THE parents and brother of murdered teenager Nikitta Grender yesterday solemnly laid flowers and a teddy bear outside the house in which she was stabbed to death.
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THE BOYFRIEND of murdered teenage mum-to-be, Nikitta Grender, left a heartbreaking message about seeing his child yesterday on a social networking site.
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February 9, 2011:
Carl Whant, 26, is arrested on suspicion
of Miss Grender’s murder.
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Police release CCTV footage of potential witnesses they wish to speak to in connection with Miss Grender’s murder. Questioning of Whant continues. Family issue online appeal for information to help with the investigation.
GWENT Police investigating the death of Nikitta Grender today searched local reens for the murder weapon
Police ask residents for CCTV footage for the night of her death. Ryan Mayes leaves heartbreaking message on Facebook after seeing their baby girl, Kelsey-May.
9.30am: Gwent Police say they are
treating Miss Grender’s death as
suspicious and launch murder
inquiry.
4pm: Police confirm Miss Grender
was murdered and appeal for information
from the public. A postmortem
examination reveals she
was stabbed.
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7.50am: Fire service called to 51
Broadmead Park, Lliswerry, following
reports of a blaze from a neighbour.
Heavily pregnant Miss Grender’s body is discovered in the
bedroom of her first-floor flat.
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