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Solaine Thornton, 11, was killed as she played on a swing with her sister in the garden of their home in the small hamlet in Saint-Herbot, in Brittany, western France at about 10pm on Saturday evening.
Dirk Raats spoke briefly on Monday evening as he was formally charged with the murder of Solaine Thornton, 11, and the attempted murders of her parents Adrian and Rachael Thornton.