Alicia Eborne's body was found about 15 miles from her home

Lee Holbrook, 39, is accused of murdering 18-year-old Alicia Eborne at Shaugh Prior between 7 and 16 November.

Holbrook, of Beacon Park Road, Plymouth, spoke only to confirm his name when he appeared at Exeter Crown Court.

He did not enter a plea to the charge.

College student

Judge Francis Gilbert QC ordered a plea and directions hearing to take place at Plymouth Crown Court on 6 February.

There was no application for bail and Holbrook was further remanded in custody.

Alicia, of Corntown, near Ivybridge, was a student at Plymouth College of Further Education.

She went missing after leaving home in the morning to travel to college.

Her body was found 10 days later by police 15 miles from her home at a spot on the edge of Dartmoor.