LAWYERS representing the three men accused of murdering schoolgirl Tulay Goren are due to sum up their defence at the Old Bailey later today (Tuesday).

The 15-year-old went missing from her home in Glastonbury Avenue, Woodford Green, in January 1999, and has never been seen since.

Police believe the Woodbridge High School pupil was the victim of an 'honour killing' because of her relationship with a 30-year-old man, Halil Unal, who her family allegedly disapproved of because he was from a different branch of Islam.

It is exactly a year since the Woodbridge High School pupil’s father Mehmet Goren, 49, and uncles Ali, 56, and Cuma, 42, were first charged with her murder – which they all deny.

Her body has never been found.

The trial continues.