A man has appeared in court charged with killing two women, five years apart.
Robert Trigg, 52, is accused of murdering his 52-year-old girlfriend Susan Nicholson at a property in Rowlands Road, Worthing, on April 16 2011.
Unemployed Trigg has also been charged with the manslaughter of Caroline Devlin, 35, who was found dead in bed in Cranworth Road, Worthing, on March 26 2006.
No pleas were entered during a five-minute plea hearing at Lewes Crown Court, where Trigg was told by Judge Shani Barnes that the case would be adjourned to sometime in March for another hearing.
A provisional trial, expected to last three weeks, was set for June 12.
Trigg has also been charged with assaulting a 45-year-old woman in Montague Street, Worthing, on December 21, and harassing the same woman in the same month.
Trigg, of Park Crescent, Worthing, was further remanded into custody.
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