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| Police searching a house in Kent where the remains of Vicky Hamilton, 15, were found have discovered a second body. | Police searching a house in Kent where the remains of Vicky Hamilton, 15, were found have discovered a second body. |
| Police said it was a significant development and the family of missing teenager Dinah McNicol had been told. | |
| Officers have been investigating the disappearance of Ms McNicol, 18, who failed to return home to Tillingham in Essex from a trip to Hampshire in 1991. | |
| Peter Tobin, 61, has been charged in Scotland with the murder of Vicky, who was from near Falkirk, Stirlingshire. | |
| Her body was found in the house's back garden on Monday. | |
| Patio lifted | |
| Police from two forces have been in Irvine Drive, Margate, since Monday. | Police from two forces have been in Irvine Drive, Margate, since Monday. |
| Mr Tobin appeared at Linlithgow Sheriff Court on Thursday and was charged with the murder of Vicky, who was last seen in Bathgate, West Lothian, in 1991. | |
| A post-mortem examination was being carried out on the second body found in the Margate house on Friday afternoon. | |
| "The McNicol family have been informed but there is no indication at this stage of the identity of the remains," said a spokeswoman for Essex Police. | |
| The fifth day of the search at the Irvine Drive property involved lifting the patio and excavating the ground underneath. | |
| Essex Police said areas of concrete floor inside the house were also being drilled and any abnormalities or other areas shown up by radar were being examined. |