I also read that Becky's father had been to identify her. Perhaps, as Edgedweller says, he only had to confirm personal items found with her body. Poor man.
As Becky's body has now been released for burial, does this then mean that the defence team will not be requesting a further post mortem ? And is this in turn a sign of a guilty plea ? ( ie, if NM was going to plead not guilty, then wouldnt his team need to do their own PM and wouldnt this have to happen after the case management hearing ? )
I could be wrong here but I thought that the initial PM had to be done as soon as possible and a report provided within 14 days which is copied to the defence in the case that someone has been charged in connection with the death. The coroner can retain the body for a further 14 days following receipt of the report to allow the defence to conduct their own PM or at least make arrangements for one to be done.
It may be that no COD could be determined in which case what would be the point of a defence PM? Or a defence PM could have happened and we don't know about it. So I don't think, at this point anything can be inferred regarding how NM will plead.