Marcus Stanford has pleaded guilty to being an accessory to the murder of Leeton schoolteacher Stephanie Scott.

Stanford is the twin brother of Vincent Stanford, who is accused of raping and murdering Ms Scott in April last year.

The murdered 26-year-old’s body was found burnt in a national park about 70 kilometres from the NSW Riverina town of Leeton.

View photos Marcus Stanford pleads guilty to being accessory to murder of Leeton teacher. Source: 7 News. More

View photos Stephanie Scott had been excitedly planning for her wedding. Photo: 7News More

Vincent and Marcus Stanford are appearing today in Griffith Local Court.

Leeton High School cleaner Vincent Stanford was charged with her murder and remains in police custody.

He worked at the same school as Ms Scott.





The discovery of Ms Scott's body came after a weeklong search for the missing woman, who vanished as she was making final preparations for her wedding to Aaron Leeson-Woolley.

Ms Scott was last seen working at her high school on Myrtle Street, about 11am on Sunday 5 April 2015,

The grief-stricken community rallied around Mr Leeson-Woolley and the Scott family in the months following the tragedy.

View photos Stephanie was due to marry her childhood sweetheart Aaron Leeson-Woolley. Source: 7 News. More

Hundreds gathered in a Leeton Park to remember the popular school teacher on a day that should have been the happiest of her life - her planned wedding day on April 11, 2015.

At the time her family thanked the community for their support and vowed to restore Ms Scott’s dignity following the recovering of her body.

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