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Unfortunately, he never goes as far with the circumstantial death gags as, say, the “Final Destination” or “Saw” franchises, leaving the death scenes excruciatingly uneven aside from a couple of memorable casualties.

Vikram Verma, who assisted the prosecution during the trial, said: "It was a difficult task for the prosecution to put together all the circumstantial evidence to convince the court beyond reasonable doubt about this conviction."

Speaking at Tuesday's news conference, Mark McDonald - the barrister leading Letby's defence - argued the circumstantial evidence was of "lesser" importance in the case against the nurse compared to the medical evidence.

It said the "ground activities in the area, although gradual and cautious, had a circumstantial influence on the terrorists' decision to murder the six hostages".

It’s stretching the circumstantial evidence past the breaking point to suggest that Putin cut a secret deal with Benjamin Netanyahu: You get the Middle East, I get Ukraine.