11.   Gore had burnt down the house in order to destroy the evidence of his crime.

12.   After the killing, he calmly lit a fire to destroy evidence.

13.   Three other officers were given suspended three-year sentences for destroying evidence.

14.   A second man is on trial accused of helping the technician to destroy evidence.

15.   Steven Paterson denies helping Bailey try to destroy evidence linking him to the crime and the trial is continuing.

16.   Corporal Stephen Paterson was found guilty of helping Bailey try to destroy evidence by a washing a pair of his bloodstained jeans.

17.   An airman who helped destroy evidence after a twenty million pound arson attack has been fined fifteen hundred pounds.

18.   Paterson was found guilty of helping to destroy evidence and was sentenced today.

19.   Thieves, having stolen a car, take it for a joy ride and then strip it before setting it alight to destroy the evidence.