Re: my earlier post about whether the reference to "at Machynlleth" in the "unlawful disposal of a body/attempt to pervert justice" charge is significant, the Crown Prosecution Service's website has this to say:
"In the majority of cases it will not be necessary to refer to the place or location of an offence. The exception will be cases where place/location is an essential ingredient of the offence, as with, for example, burglary. (R v Wallwork [1958] 42 Cr. App. R. 153)."
http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/d_to_g/drafting_the_indictment/
With the above in mind in seems to me that the decision to specifically identify Machynlleth as the place where this offence occurred IS significant given that there is no binding legal requirement to do so. If the offence occurred in Ceinws then presumably the charge would state "at Ceinws" instead. If LE simply do not know where the unlawful disposal occurred then it seems reasonable to assume that the charge would not refer to a specific place.
I assume that a charge that refers to a specific locale places the burden of proof on the prosecution to demonstrate that the offence did indeed occur at the place specified in the charge? Also, that if AJ's body were to be discovered in the Brecon Beacons, for example, then this charge would have to be dropped and MB recharged with the same offence but at a different location?
The point I'm trying to make is that LE have made the location an "essential ingredient" of the charge, so the charge will stand or fall on the prosecution's ability to demonstrate that the offence occurred "at Machynlleth".