内容摘要："She's tried hard over the past few years to avoid being caught but now it's her turn to face justice for the harm she's caused," he said.

"She's tried hard over the past few years to avoid being caught but now it's her turn to face justice for the harm she's caused," he said.

However he has denied raping Louise, his former partner, on the same day.Judge Mr Justice Bennathan told jurors that Mr Clifford had not appeared at Cambridge Crown Court on Monday, and added: "You must not assume the defendant is guilty because he is not here."

The judge also told jurors that Mr Clifford had admitted three murders "at or around the time of the allegation of rape".The defendant had previously admitted false imprisonment against Louise, and two counts of possession of offensive weapons - the crossbow and the knife.Her 61-year-old mother, Carol, the wife of BBC commentator John Hunt, sustained significant stab wounds to her knee, hands, back and torso following an attack by Clifford at the family home in the quiet cul-de-sac of Ashlyn Close.

Hannah, 28, was found in the main doorway of the house with a crossbow bolt to the chest and was still alive when police arrived at the property at around 19:10 on July 9.Mr Hunt was among relatives who arrived at court for the trial on Monday.

Mr Clifford, who served in the military from 2019 for around three years, became the subject of a manhunt for a number of hours before he was found injured in Lavender Hill Cemetery, in Enfield, after shooting himself in the chest with the crossbow.

The judge said it would be "fundamentally wrong" to think that Mr Clifford must be guilty of "anything else" because he had admitted murder.Hundreds braved a wintry London evening at the Finchley Reform Synagogue to hear speakers, including a palliative care doctor and Tory peer Lord Finkelstein, argue the case for assisted dying.

The crowd was calm and receptive but the air chilled momentarily when Tomlinson asked if the law might push more people to end their lives to avoid burdening families or the NHS.The people gathered in the synagogue were eager for religious, legal and data-driven arguments in favour of assisted dying, and many voiced fears about loved ones in agony who would be ineligible under the terms of the proposed law.

Outside the meeting, one organiser Andrew Jacobs, 70, said he would "be very disappointed" if Tomlinson did not vote in favour of the bill on Friday.In a matter-of-fact tone, Mr Jacobs said he backed assisted dying after seeing his mother's struggle during her final days.