A MAN will appear in court today charged with the murder and rape of a teenage girl more than 30 years ago.

James Warnock, 56, of Harrington Street, Camden, was arrested at an address in Golders Green on Tuesday (January 12) over the murder of 17-year-old Yiannoulla Yianni.

He will appear in custody at Hendon Magistrates’ Court today.

The body of Yiannoulla was found at her family home in Belsize Road, Hampstead on August 13, 1982.