A father has appeared in court after being charged with murder following the death of his daughter.
Christopher Rice, 35, appeared in court for a second time on Thursday after his daughter Minnie Merriman, nine, was found injured just after midnight on August 3 at the Elliot industrial estate in Arbroath, Angus.
The family had been camping nearby.
Rice, of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, made a second appearance in private at Forfar Sheriff Court where he did not enter a plea.
He was remanded in custody, though the date of his next court appearance is unconfirmed.
Minnie’s family said they were ‘devastated’ by her death.
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