41.   The court heard the worker thought all the gas bottles were empty.

42.   The court heard that Robert Mantack was an habitual gambler, and that he murdered the woman to claim a ninety thousand pound insurance policy.

43.   The court heard that Mantack was a habitual gambler dealing in tens of thousands of pounds.

44.   Nottingham Crown court heard medical evidence showed Fisher took no sadistic pleasure in violent attacks on women.

45.   The court heard they were both at the end of their tether.

46.   The court heard that the cousin was stabbed during a domestic dispute.

47.   The court heard both men bitterly regretted what happened.

48.   The court had already heard how Westmore James went to Banbury to see his pregnant girlfriend.

49.   The court heard Paul Crossland took the money to France days before his term as treasurer was due to end.

50.   The court has heard how some couples lost their life savings after investing with a financial advisory service run by Christopher How.