The operator of a Hampshire recycling centre told the court how he rang police when he realised a handbag recovered from a pile of glass appeared to belong to alleged murder victim Hannah Foster.

James McGuire told how he had looked inside the bag, which had been left on his desk by a member of his staff and could remember seeing a student ID card bearing the name of the teenager.

Mr McGuire giving evidence at Winchester Crown Court said: "I knew I had heard the name from somewhere and the picture also."

Jurors were told how Mr McGuire looked at a local newspaper, made the connection with a story about Hannah Foster and called the police.

Mr McGuire said: "I took action when I confirmed that bag was in relation to a crime."

He told the court how he quarantined the area of a bunker of glass and the entire Onyx recycling plant was shut down until police arrived.

The court was told, from a statement taken from Hannah's mum Hilary Foster how the bag and its contents were identified as Hannah's.

Jurors were told how it contained cards bearing Hannah's name, a concert ticket and a film ticket as well as book tokens.

Mrs Foster told police how a pair of gloves belonging to her daughter appeared "dirty and tatty" and she was concerned that Hannah would never have kept them in that state.

Maninder Pal Singh denies charges of murder, rape, abduction and false imprisonment.

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