A HEARTBROKEN mother yesterday warned parents to watch their children’s internet use as a man stood charged with her daughter’s killing.

Homeless Liverpool man Peter Chapman allegedly met 17-year-old Ashleigh Hall, from Darlington, on the social networking site Facebook.

On Monday, Miss Hall’s body was found in a farmer’s field in County Durham.

Chapman appeared before magistrates yesterday charged with her kidnap and manslaughter.

Andrea Hall, Miss Hall’s mother, said: “No-one can imagine the hurt and devastation that has hit our family. Ashleigh was loving, honest, caring and well-liked. Everybody loved her. She was a person who brought light into the lives of others.

“Ashleigh was in her last year at college on a child care course and hoped for a career as a child minder or nursery nurse.

“All the kids liked her, in the fact the whole community was fond of her, and they have shown that love by rallying round to support us in our time of need.

“She was the eldest of four children and her sisters – Olivia, aged six, Ellie, four, and one-year-old Evie have been distraught.

“To have Ashleigh taken from us in such circumstances is beyond belief and I don’t want other families to suffer what we are going through.

“Tell your kids to be careful on the internet.

“Don’t meet someone without telling your family where you are going.