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POLICE hunting the killer of “pocket princess” Jia Ashton have released these new CCTV images of a man they have been trying to trace for weeks.

The man, seen in a nearby pub on the evening of the murder, has yet to come forward despite several police appeals.

Det Ch Supt Steve Cotterill said: “We know he was in the area and went into the pub. I urge him to talk to us.”

Jia Ashton

The business analyst, 25, was killed minutes after leaving the head office of chocolate firm Thorntons in Somercotes, Derbyshire, last month.

Her body was found dumped in nearby woods.

Police believe it was a random attack and Jia was in “the wrong place at the wrong time”.