A widely reported trial. The defendant was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend by strangulation and of raping and assaulting her 11 year old daughter. The evidence of all the witnesses of various nationalities had to be given through an interpreters. The child victim, whose evidence ran to 2 lever arch files, had to give her account by video link. This was a case that required the extremely skilful handling of witnesses and an appreciation of cultural difficulties, since in particular the child's grandparents viewed the matter as a family disgrace and were opposed to her giving evidence.