Fresh plea issued in Payne inquiry

London - British police investigating the murder of the schoolgirl Sarah Payne issued a fresh call for information yesterday

London - British police investigating the murder of the schoolgirl Sarah Payne issued a fresh call for information yesterday. Detectives told viewers of the BBC's Crimewatch programme that the reward for helping to find the killer had risen by £30,000 to £150,000.

Eight-year-old Sarah was abducted from farmland close to her grandparents' home near Littlehampton, West Sussex, on July 1st.

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