POLICE have interviewed the man named as the alleged killer of a schoolgirl on a sign placed at her memorial site.

On February 3 a News Shopper reporter found the sign next to a plaque in London Road in Greenhithe, where Claire Tiltman was killed aged just 16, yards from her home, in January 1993.

The handwritten cardboard sign named her alleged killer, the type of car he drove and the company he worked for.

Kent police’s Cold Case Investigation Team is investigating Claire’s murder and a spokewoman said officers had traced the man named on the sign and spoken to him.

She said: “The person named within the information is fully co-operating with the investigation as inquiries continue. No arrests have been made at this time.”

Claire was on her way to see a friend when she was stabbed 40 times and left for dead in an alleyway off London Road, near her home in Woodward Terrace.

Her father Cliff, who still lives in the home he shared with his daughter, says he has no idea who left the sign and has never heard of the man it claims killed Claire.

The 60-year-old said: “I haven’t got my hopes too high it will lead somewhere, because I’ve been disappointed in the past, but you have just got to keep hoping.”

Retired plumber Mr Tiltman praised Kent police and the Cold Case Investigation Team for “never giving up” the investigation.

If you have information which could help, contact the Cold Case Investigation Team on 01634 884048.