Zoe disappeared from her home in Army married quarters in Warminster, Wiltshire, UK, on 11 January 1997, sparking one of this country's biggest-ever search for a missing child.

Zoe was last seen being tucked into bed by her mother at her home in Warminster, Wiltshire, on 11 January 1997.

When his wife phoned later to say that Zoe was missing, Evans was the dutiful, concerned parent, joining searches for the youngster.

That night he went to bed early, saying he wanted to be up early the next day to take part in the renewed search.

Two days later, police found Evans's T-shirt near the rear door of his home and a pair of Zoe's knickers in a nearby field. Both were stained with her blood.

Days later Evans, an army lorry driver, appeared alongside his wife in a televised police appeal for information on the missing girl,  ...