Gemma McCluskie Brother Remanded on Murder Charge

The brother of murdered former EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie has been remanded in custody at the Old Bailey accused of her murder.

Gemma's mutilated torso was discovered afloat in a stretch of canal near Broadway Market in Hackney, east London, days after she went missing from her home a few miles away on 1 March.

Tony McCluskie, 35, has been accused of killing the 29-year-old actress, who played teenager Kerry Skinner in the BBC soap in 2001, before dumping her headless, limbless body in the Regent's Canal.

He was arrested in a raid on the house he shared with her.

Gemma was last seen at the opening of the new £650m Royal London Hospital extension in Whitechapel on 29 February.

The case continues on 18 June.