A MAN appeared in court today charged with the murder of a woman whose body was found at her home nearly eight years ago with someone else's hair in her hand.
Heather Barnett, 48, was discovered in the bathroom of her flat in Charminster, Bournemouth, Dorset, in November 2002 by her two children.
Danilo Restivo, 38, from Charminster, who previously lived in Italy, appeared at Winchester Crown Court for a brief hearing.
The case was adjourned and Restivo was remanded in custody by judge Guy Boney QC until this Thursday when a bail hearing will take place at the same court.
Seamstress Mrs Barnett was discovered with cut hair that did not belong to her in her hand.
Dorset Police had been looking at a potential link between her death and the discovery of the body of 16-year-old Elisa Claps in Potenza, southern Italy, in March this year.
The schoolgirl disappeared in 1993, and her mummified remains were found in the roof of the Most Holy Trinity Church in Potenza, where she was living.
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