A care worker has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Lucy McHugh, a schoolgirl who was found stabbed to death in woodland.

Stephen Nicholson, of no fixed address, also entered a not guilty plea at Winchester crown court to a charge of sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl in 2012.

Nicholson, 24, was remanded in custody until his trial, which will start on 18 June.

The body of Lucy, 13, was found at Southampton sports centre on 26 July last year. She had left her home in the city at about 9am the previous day.