Charlotte murder police find boot

The boot was found in the Ilfracombe area

Police have found a boot identical to one worn by missing north Devon teenager Charlotte Pinkney.

Detectives have charged a man with murdering the 16-year-old who vanished from Ilfracombe four months ago, but they have still not found her body.

Officers say they have found a size five Samaur ankle boot in the Ilfracombe area.

They want to speak to anyone who bought a similar pair of shoes in the area between September 2003 and April 2004.

Police only want to locate people who paid for the boots with cash, as credit card and cheque purchases have already been traced.

They were sold only by Shoe Express and Stead and Simpson.

Charlotte Pinkney vanished in February after leaving a party

Charlotte disappeared in the early hours of 28 February, following a party in Burnside Road, Ilfracombe.

A search was launched after she was reported missing on 4 March.

Further concerns were raised when she failed to make contact with her divorced parents on her 17th birthday two days later.

Police launched a murder hunt when her handbag was found in undergrowth near the reservoirs, six days later.

Ilfracombe's two Slade reservoirs, located near where Charlotte was last seen, were drained in April to help police divers complete their searches.

But despite a massive operation involving sniffer dogs and the Dartmoor Rescue Group, police have so far failed to locate her body.

Nicholas Rose, 22, from Foreland View in Ilfracombe, has been charged with her murder.