A MAN has appeared in court charged with the murder of 33-year-old Derek Andrews whose body was found on wasteland near the Grand Union Canal.
Mr Andrews had been missing since Wednesday, November, 2.
His body was discovered between the River Gade and the Grand Union Canal, in Croxley Green, on Boxing Day by a family out walking.
Stuart Steele, 38, of Carmalite Road, Harrow Weald, appeared before Watford magistrates on Wednesday to have the murder charge put to him.
Defending Mr Hiten Patel made no application for bail and Steele was remanded in custody until the next preliminary hearing at St Albans Crown Court on Tuesday, February 4.
January 29, 2003 16:00
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