Killing trial of lorry driver opens

WORCESTER - The trial opened here yesterday of the British lorry driver charged with raping and killing a young French hitch …

WORCESTER - The trial opened here yesterday of the British lorry driver charged with raping and killing a young French hitch hiker last December.

Mr Stuart Morgan (36) of Poole, southern England, married and the father of a young son, is accused of killing Ms Celine Figard (19) sometime "between December 18th and 30th, 1995."

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