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A security guard has denied kidnapping missing British backpacker Jennifer Pope in Ecuador.A security guard has denied kidnapping missing British backpacker Jennifer Pope in Ecuador.
Mrs Pope, 50, from Mossley, Greater Manchester, had been travelling alone through South America and has been out of contact since 9 January. Mrs Pope, 50, from Mossley, Greater Manchester, had been travelling alone through South America and has not contacted her family since 9 January.
Francisco Sanchez Chica, 29, is charged with kidnap, theft and robbery. He pleaded not guilty at a preliminary hearing in Ecuador. UK police believed it is unlikely Mrs Pope is still alive.
A judge decided he would stand trial at the superior court. Francisco Sanchez Chica, 29, is charged with kidnap, theft and robbery and has been ordered by a judge at a preliminary hearing to stand trial.
Mr Chica is to appeal against this decision.Mr Chica is to appeal against this decision.
British police said they believed it was unlikely Mrs Pope was still alive. Concern for Mrs Pope escalated when it was discovered her bank account was overdrawn to its limit between 10 and 16 January.
Concern for her escalated when it was discovered her bank account was overdrawn to its limit between 10 and 16 January. She then failed to board her flight home from Quito in February.
She ailed to board her flight home from Quito in February.
Mrs Pope is married to David and has a son, Stefan, aged 22.Mrs Pope is married to David and has a son, Stefan, aged 22.