A MAN has been charged with the murder of former Dorset schoolgirl Rachel Nickell who was killed on Wimbledon Common in 1992.

Robert Napper, 41, was charged yesterday by the police after a review into the murder investigation.

Miss Nickell, 23, lived in Weymouth and Dorchester in her primary school days.

The accused will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on December 4.