He had booked a ticket to fly from Manchester to Amsterdam in preparation for an onward flight to the United States on which the explosive device would be initiated.

This case is about humiliation, revenge and execution.

In the course of the attack she shouted out to her husband `I am bleeding'.

Every householder's nightmare became a reality for the Monckton family. What followed was an appalling episode of violence.

Weapons were not carried and were hardly necessary when you had such an advantage in numbers. The violence took the form of beatings, kicks and stamping.

He no doubt on occasions had to fulfil his role as a leader and if one of his friends had been humiliated and beaten, he had to step in to support and avenge.

That he was present we suggest is beyond doubt.

When the robbers left she came downstairs.

He survived that only to die in this.