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Tonight, tributes to a QC described as one of the finest lawyers of his | :00:20. | :00:30. | |
generation. Family, friends and hundreds of people attend the | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
funeral of Paul McBride. His efforts to tackle bigotry were | :00:33. | :00:39. | |
praised by the Lord Advocate. did not at -- it did not matter | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
what side of the divide the prejudice came from, if it was | :00:42. | :00:47. | |
wrong, it was wrong. Paul McBride spoke out against it, and that will | :00:47. | :00:53. | |
be one of his legacies. Also this evening, the Defence outlines its | :00:53. | :01:00. | |
case in the Suzanne Pilley murder trial. David Gilroy denies killing | :01:00. | :01:10. | |
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What is the story? Hundreds of children get the chance to meet the | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
stars from the small screen, celebrating children's television | :01:15. | :01:20. | |
in Scotland. With just two wins, opinion is | :01:20. | :01:26. | |
split on the head coach of Scotland at the Six Nations. | :01:26. | :01:31. | |
The funeral has taken place of the prom and a lawyer Paul McBride. | :01:31. | :01:34. | |
Hundreds of people from the legal world, sport and politics joined | :01:34. | :01:41. | |
his family and friends at a requiem mass in Glasgow. He was 47 and died | :01:41. | :01:49. | |
suddenly last weekend while on a business trip to Pakistan. | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
Neil Lenham was amongst 1,200 mourners at Paul McBride's funeral. | :01:53. | :01:58. | |
His Celtic team were also in the congregation. Paul McBride had | :01:58. | :02:03. | |
represented both the club and their manager in legal matters. Paul | :02:03. | :02:13. | |
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McBride's e-mail address was TopQC@. Senior lawyers were also there. | :02:21. | :02:29. | |
Watched by his parents and partner, 8 pallbearers took the coffin to | :02:29. | :02:37. | |
the church. The amount of people here bears witness to the | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
remarkable gifts and talents Paul McBride so generously shared with | :02:41. | :02:46. | |
his fellow human beings. Along with other Celtic supporters, Paul | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
McBride was sent a suspicious pass all last year. He was a campaigner | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
against bigotry and the Lord Advocate praised his stance. | :02:54. | :02:59. | |
easy thing was to keep quiet, but that was not his style. It did not | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
matter from what side of the divide the prejudice came from, if it was | :03:03. | :03:10. | |
wrong, it was wrong. Paul McBride spoke out against it. Paul McBride | :03:10. | :03:16. | |
has been buried in a private ceremony in Barrhead. A celebration | :03:16. | :03:22. | |
of his life took place at Celtic Park. | :03:22. | :03:26. | |
This is the man accused of the murder of the missing Edinburgh | :03:26. | :03:30. | |
woman Suzanne Pilley. David Gilroy denies murdering her and concealing | :03:30. | :03:37. | |
her body in the boot of a car. Today, his life as I lie in the | :03:37. | :03:44. | |
defence course -- the defence case to the jury. | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
This is David Gilroy, accused of murdering Suzanne Pilley in 2010. | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
His defence began the case today. His lawyer told the court that | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
after taking legal advice he had elected not to give evidence. They | :03:57. | :04:04. | |
call the number of witnesses who were in the building on the day she | :04:04. | :04:07. | |
disappeared. They describe seeing nothing out of the ordinary the day | :04:07. | :04:14. | |
before. The QC began his closing speech talking of a compelling case | :04:14. | :04:21. | |
against the accused. He said the basis of the Crown's case is | :04:21. | :04:26. | |
Suzanne Pilley had come to work here on the morning of May 4th, | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
1920 10 and met David Gilroy. He said they had gone to the basement | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
where Mr Gilroy had killed her and put her body in a recess. He then | :04:35. | :04:39. | |
suggested Mr Gilroy had gone home to collect his car and put her body | :04:39. | :04:48. | |
in the boot before transporting her to Argyll. He asked the jury to | :04:48. | :04:58. | |
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consider what he was doing on an The prosecutor told the court that | :05:00. | :05:04. | |
Mr Gilroy's relationship was a possessive and manipulative one | :05:04. | :05:09. | |
with Suzanne Pilley. He said an appropriate verdict would be guilty. | :05:09. | :05:13. | |
David Gilroy denies murdering Suzanne Pilley. The defence will | :05:13. | :05:20. | |
begin their summing up tomorrow. The threat of a double-dip | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
recession hitting Scotland is diminishing according to a leading | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
financial expert. Donald MacRae, chief executive at the Bank of | :05:27. | :05:31. | |
Scotland, says figures show a growth in manufacturing services | :05:31. | :05:39. | |
last month, and a rise in staffing levels. A separate survey suggests | :05:39. | :05:42. | |
its members are feeling more confident than the UK average, | :05:42. | :05:48. | |
despite rising overheads and difficulty accessing finance. | :05:48. | :05:58. | |
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Still to come on the programme, 10 years since the start of it BBC's | :05:59. | :06:03. | |
children channels in Scotland, children meet their idols. | :06:03. | :06:07. | |
Scientists in Aberdeenshire have developed software that translates | :06:07. | :06:13. | |
sign language into text. In sport, we examine the case for and against | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
Andy Robinson. It is all change at Glasgow Warriors, and we go racing | :06:17. | :06:27. | |
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with the Scottish jockey. The Royal Bank of Scotland and some | :06:28. | :06:32. | |
former directors including Fred Goodwin are being threatened with a | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
multi-billion pound court action. Thousands of people claim they were | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
misled into investing in the bank just before its collapse and bail- | :06:40. | :06:46. | |
out. Our business correspondent is here. What specific Eliades | :06:46. | :06:49. | |
shareholders saying? They are angry they invested in a failing company | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
which they thought was a safe place for their money. Cast your mind | :06:54. | :06:57. | |
back three years, the time of the credit crunch. Other banks were | :06:57. | :07:01. | |
collapsing because of bad decisions, lots of shareholders were losing | :07:01. | :07:06. | |
lots of money. What investors in RBS's claim is they lost money | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
because the bank misled them into buying shares during what is called | :07:12. | :07:19. | |
a rights issue. RBS sold a lot of shares in 2008. Lots of people | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
invested and the Bank raised around �12 billion. Within six months of | :07:24. | :07:30. | |
that, the bank had collapsed, along with the share value. All these | :07:30. | :07:34. | |
investors were left with almost nothing. They claim they only | :07:34. | :07:37. | |
invested in the back because they were told it was healthy when it | :07:37. | :07:44. | |
was actually in deep trouble. of the people that subscribe to the | :07:44. | :07:52. | |
rights issue used all their life savings. The Shia went down | :07:52. | :08:01. | |
dramatically. -- the shares. Those responsible for the last should be | :08:01. | :08:08. | |
paying out. If they succeed, who will pay the bill? That is a big | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
question, it could end up as the biggest ever legal action seen in | :08:12. | :08:18. | |
Britain. Something like 8,000 people would be involved, seeking | :08:18. | :08:23. | |
compensation of around five or �6 billion. They are targeting RBS, | :08:23. | :08:28. | |
the former boss, Fred Goodwin, they are also targeting as small group | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
of former directors. Whatever you say about the size of Fred | :08:32. | :08:38. | |
Goodwin's pension, he cannot afford that sort of payout, so most of the | :08:38. | :08:43. | |
burden would fall on RBS which is largely owned by the taxpayer. The | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
bank has told me they have a strong defence to these claims and will | :08:46. | :08:52. | |
defend them vigorously. If it loses, it could take much longer for | :08:52. | :08:58. | |
taxpayers to see any return on their investment. | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
The Falkirk MP Eric Joyce has announced he has resigned from the | :09:02. | :09:05. | |
Labour Party. Mr Joyce last week avoided prison after pleading | :09:05. | :09:11. | |
guilty to assaulting four people in the House of Commons bar. He got a | :09:11. | :09:17. | |
12 month community order. Making a personal statement, he apologised | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
unreservedly to fellow MPs and his constituents. Rangers | :09:22. | :09:24. | |
administrators have been meeting one of the group's planning to | :09:24. | :09:29. | |
present a takeover proposal on Friday. Paul Murray's Blue Knights | :09:29. | :09:32. | |
met Duff and Phelps in London this afternoon to go over details of his | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
bed. It comes after he made public the identities of some of his | :09:36. | :09:45. | |
supporters. -- his bid. The future of Rangers Football Club remains in | :09:45. | :09:48. | |
the year, but by the end of the week we could be closer to knowing | :09:48. | :09:53. | |
who will be their saviour. The administrators want proof of | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
funding by Friday, today they were meeting the one interested party to | :09:57. | :10:03. | |
make some of their plans public. Who are the Blue Knights? We know | :10:03. | :10:07. | |
they are spearheaded by Paul Murray, whose background is as a chartered | :10:07. | :10:11. | |
accountant, but he also sat on the board of the club before being | :10:11. | :10:20. | |
removed by Craig Whyte. He is joined by Douglas Park, whose | :10:20. | :10:28. | |
joined by Douglas Park, whose family wealth is around �78 million. | :10:28. | :10:34. | |
John Bennett is a fund manager. Scott Murdoch is a retail property | :10:34. | :10:40. | |
Scott Murdoch is a retail property adviser based in London. Several | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
characteristics are apparent. Strong financial track record, a | :10:44. | :10:49. | |
passion for Rangers, and the ability to bring France -- bring | :10:49. | :10:53. | |
funds to the party. Those are the sort of characters Rangers will | :10:53. | :10:58. | |
lead. Paul Murray says there are about 10 individuals expressing | :10:58. | :11:03. | |
keen interest in investing with him. Also interest that are at the | :11:03. | :11:09. | |
company that provided the money to fund Craig Whyte's takeover. Paul | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
Murray says it is beneficial to them to help with cash flow. One | :11:14. | :11:19. | |
man and will not be involved is Dave King, who wants his wrangle | :11:19. | :11:25. | |
with the South African of tax authorities sorted first. In a | :11:25. | :11:30. | |
separate development, trustees for a pension fund considering loan in | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
Rangers almost �3 million have said the cash may have been released | :11:33. | :11:40. | |
without consent. The Jerome Group is one of five parties chasing �3.6 | :11:40. | :11:43. | |
million, which Rangers administrators seized from Collyer | :11:43. | :11:49. | |
Bristow, the lawyer's of Craig Whyte. | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
Bourne's discovered near Holyrood Palace are believed to be human | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
according to police. Forensic tests are being carried out on the | :11:56. | :11:59. | |
remains found at the bottom of Salisbury Crags. Initial reports | :11:59. | :12:04. | |
also suggest they are not rescind, although the exact age is unknown. | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
The remains were discovered by hill walker on Friday. | :12:08. | :12:12. | |
Donald Trump says that First Minister will be known as Mad Alex, | :12:12. | :12:17. | |
the man who destroyed Scotland, if he continues to support wind farms. | :12:17. | :12:22. | |
Mr Trump, who is opposed to an offshore wind farm near his project | :12:22. | :12:29. | |
in Aberdeenshire, make they claimed in a letter to Alex Salmond. -- | :12:29. | :12:39. | |
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It has been Tony years since the BBC launched took digital channels | :12:41. | :12:47. | |
for children. -- 10 years. Some of the most successful shows have been | :12:47. | :12:54. | |
created in Scotland. A special gathering was held in Glasgow | :12:54. | :13:04. | |
yesterday for a young television fans. This is one of the most | :13:04. | :13:09. | |
popular children's programmes of the last decade. Watched by | :13:09. | :13:19. | |
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millions and sold around the world. What is your name? Jennifer! | :13:22. | :13:29. | |
Despite it being seven years since an episode was last made, the stars | :13:29. | :13:34. | |
remained instantly identifiable. Everybody went crazy, everybody | :13:34. | :13:41. | |
knows about it, everybody watched it. I have met everybody from | :13:41. | :13:49. | |
children who have 10 years old to babies in prams. Scotland is now | :13:49. | :13:53. | |
the second biggest base for children's television production in | :13:53. | :14:03. | |
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the UK. But the challenge is to continue producing shows. Most | :14:03. | :14:07. | |
children now expect online entertainment and interactive | :14:07. | :14:13. | |
elements as well as a show. Children are very sophisticated and | :14:13. | :14:18. | |
discerning. When we are developing new shows we must have made should | :14:18. | :14:28. | |
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be given exact what they want. -- we must make sure. And what do they | :14:28. | :14:38. | |
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want? Mickey Mouse Club House. time rush. It is really funny and I | :14:41. | :14:50. | |
like reality. One decade on the channel has made its mark and the | :14:50. | :14:54. | |
challenge is to continue making programmes for the next generation | :14:54. | :15:04. | |
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Scotland's newest jail received its newest and makes today. -- first | :15:05. | :15:09. | |
inmates. The use of modern technology and design is intended | :15:09. | :15:18. | |
to free up more staff for It has emerged that Highland | :15:18. | :15:23. | |
Council spent almost �250 per day taking one pupil to and from | :15:23. | :15:31. | |
schools by taxi. In the last three years it has spent almost 1.5 | :15:31. | :15:39. | |
An Aberdeen restaurant faces an �80,000 fine after eight men were | :15:39. | :15:43. | |
caught working there are illegally. The restaurant had to be closed | :15:43. | :15:51. | |
after the operation because there Passenger numbers that Scottish | :15:51. | :15:55. | |
airports rose in February with Aberdeen experiencing the largest | :15:55. | :16:03. | |
leap of 18%. The feeling is that Aberdeen as in economy is a little | :16:03. | :16:05. | |
bit more sheltered from the economic effects of the recession. | :16:05. | :16:13. | |
It has not been hit as hard. Prices for Highland cattle are up 45% on | :16:13. | :16:19. | |
last year. European traders have been in open for the spring sale. | :16:20. | :16:25. | |
European cows are easily adaptable to harsh climate and therefore face | :16:25. | :16:33. | |
a double for places like the Alps Visits Scotland a behind a new | :16:33. | :16:39. | |
publication giving basic astronomy trips and information. -- astronomy | :16:39. | :16:49. | |
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A 50,000 pound loo is being built three miles off the coast of | :16:49. | :16:54. | |
Sutherland. Existing facilities cannot cope with the influx of | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
birdwatchers. The foundations need to be 7 ft deep to stop it blowing | :16:59. | :17:09. | |
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Scientists in Aberdeen have developed software to translate | :17:11. | :17:15. | |
sign language into text. It is the first and the world that can be | :17:15. | :17:20. | |
used on laptops and mobile phones. The user can customise their | :17:20. | :17:26. | |
gestures. At Aberdeen University They are still working hard on the | :17:26. | :17:30. | |
portable sign language translator. It could make a large difference to | :17:30. | :17:40. | |
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thousands of people Iraq deaf or hard of hearing. -- who are deaf. | :17:42. | :17:46. | |
It will translate on the fly every sentence into a plain English | :17:46. | :17:54. | |
sentence so that people can understand, react. Thus, for | :17:54. | :18:00. | |
example, means hello. This, means call one white, or Reporting | :18:00. | :18:09. | |
Scotland, Aberdeen. -- call on white. This software could change | :18:09. | :18:17. | |
lives. Dr Christie worked on the project but is also partially deaf. | :18:17. | :18:21. | |
It will help break down the barriers between the deaf world and | :18:21. | :18:29. | |
is heeding world. This will remove and reduce barriers. Software is a | :18:29. | :18:38. | |
natural language processing a sentence anyway. So, a major | :18:38. | :18:47. | |
development? We think so. software should be available by | :18:47. | :18:57. | |
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Sport now, and Andy Robinson has gained just two wins from 14 | :18:59. | :19:04. | |
matches after defeat in Dublin against Ireland. Opinion on the | :19:04. | :19:12. | |
manager is split. We look at the case for and against the head coach. | :19:12. | :19:16. | |
More disappointment for Scotland. This time defeat at the hands of | :19:16. | :19:23. | |
the Irish. They scored three first- half tries. One of former captain | :19:23. | :19:30. | |
believes the coach is still the right man for the job. He is | :19:30. | :19:35. | |
absolutely the right guy for the next few years. We're a better team | :19:35. | :19:42. | |
and squat than two years ago. record is not great. But his | :19:42. | :19:52. | |
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predecessors were not much better. They have competed well and scored | :19:54. | :19:58. | |
well but infuriating errors have let us down. That is putting | :19:58. | :20:03. | |
immense pressure on Andy Robinson. He is in charge, he makes the | :20:03. | :20:08. | |
decisions, brings in the backroom staff, picks the team. So he must | :20:08. | :20:14. | |
be responsible for the results. with the Six Nations his record is | :20:15. | :20:20. | |
much better. But for now the only prize on offer is the wooden spoon | :20:20. | :20:28. | |
and Scotland must defeat Italy. we simply try to avoid a defeat, a | :20:28. | :20:32. | |
rugby arm wrestle, if you like, then we will be defeated. We have | :20:32. | :20:40. | |
to take the same attitude we took into the game against France. | :20:40. | :20:44. | |
Scotland did manage a try at the weekend but it is ones that are | :20:44. | :20:53. | |
important. They must back up on a Sean Lineen says the decision to | :20:53. | :20:59. | |
remove him as Glasgow Warriors coach to come by surprise. He will | :20:59. | :21:01. | |
take a newly created role recruiting and developing players | :21:01. | :21:07. | |
for the Scottish Rugby Union. Gregor Townsend will replace him at | :21:07. | :21:14. | |
Glasgow at the end of the season. The changes being made at the top. | :21:15. | :21:18. | |
It is a decision I don't have control over. It took me by | :21:18. | :21:24. | |
surprise, but that is the way it goes. That is professional sport. | :21:24. | :21:34. | |
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Coaches come and go and buy which beggar every success. -- I wish | :21:37. | :21:45. | |
MacGregor. Kevin Kyle has negotiated an earlier release from | :21:45. | :21:49. | |
his contract after a year out injured. He says he hopes to return | :21:49. | :21:57. | |
to harps on a pay-as-you-play deal next season. -- return to Heart of | :21:57. | :22:05. | |
Scottish jockey Lucy Alexander is having a season to remember and we | :22:05. | :22:12. | |
spent a day at the races with her. This is becoming a familiar sight | :22:12. | :22:18. | |
around British racecourses. Lucy Alexander on board another winner. | :22:18. | :22:22. | |
She has ridden more winners in a single season than any other women | :22:23. | :22:27. | |
in British racing history. That has made her a firm favourite with | :22:27. | :22:33. | |
punters across the land. Women have been riding on the flats for many | :22:33. | :22:43. | |
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years but not many tried to make a living on the jumps. I was studying | :22:43. | :22:50. | |
science and went to university but it was not for me. Then I reapply | :22:50. | :22:54. | |
for sports science which was more interesting but again, racing has | :22:54. | :23:02. | |
always been what I have been really interested in. She will be riding | :23:02. | :23:10. | |
alongside Tony McCoy at Cheltenham. But there are some concerned | :23:10. | :23:19. | |
onlookers. I know her mother worries more than me! There is that | :23:19. | :23:22. | |
this that anything can happen in any race but that his life, you | :23:22. | :23:31. | |
just have to hope for the best. And pray about it! For now Lucy | :23:31. | :23:40. | |
Alexander is just concentrating on If you are thinking about buying | :23:40. | :23:43. | |
your first home you might have a question for our money expert. As | :23:43. | :23:48. | |
he will be back on Wednesday's lunchtime Reporting Scotland. He | :23:49. | :23:53. | |
will look at impending changes to stamp duty and how they will impact | :23:53. | :24:03. | |
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on first-time buyers. Send your And now the weather. Not looking | :24:05. | :24:11. | |
too bad but a bit disappointing, cloud wise. But it was not like | :24:11. | :24:15. | |
that everywhere. This satellite picture shows you that the best of | :24:15. | :24:24. | |
the brightness was Tayside and Aberdeenshire. Around 14 Celsius we | :24:24. | :24:30. | |
are we saw sunshine in the east. Dry, cloudy, mild. Pretty cloudy | :24:30. | :24:36. | |
skies across Galloway for the start gazing I am afraid. Eastwood, a few | :24:36. | :24:46. | |
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clear spells developing. -- East Water. Tomorrow morning, a cloudy | :24:48. | :24:58. | |
start. Elsewhere from the Highlands however it should be dry. We will | :24:58. | :25:00. | |
start across southern Scotland where the best of the brightness | :25:01. | :25:10. | |
will be in the eastern borders and perhaps for Kintyre. Further north, | :25:10. | :25:16. | |
certainly Tayside, Aberdeenshire, seeing some brightness. Also Orkney | :25:16. | :25:21. | |
and Shetland. Sports of drizzle there however. Throughout the | :25:21. | :25:26. | |
course of tomorrow night it will be another mild one with plenty of | :25:26. | :25:32. | |
cloud. The picture for Wednesday shows a similar picture but a high | :25:32. | :25:36. | |
pressure will begin to retreat and allowed this system of | :25:36. | :25:40. | |
strengthening winds to start to encroach. That will threaten to | :25:40. | :25:47. | |
change the weather by far stay. Best of the brightness again across | :25:47. | :25:53. | |
eastern the areas with a high of 14 Celsius. That will herald a change | :25:53. | :26:01. | |
anther stage where we will see the biggest change. For the bulk of the | :26:01. | :26:11. | |
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The funeral has taken place of Paul McBride QC. Hundreds of people from | :26:15. | :26:20. | |
the legal world, sport, and politics, joined family and friends | :26:20. | :26:26. | |
at a requiem mass in Glasgow. He was 47 and died suddenly last | :26:26. | :26:32. | |
weekend whilst on a business trip. Hosepipe bans will be brought in | :26:32. | :26:37. | |
across some English regions during the worst conditions for 30 years | :26:37. | :26:41. | |
after unusually dry winters have left reservoirs well below normal | :26:41. | :26:50. | |
This man is accused of the killing of missing Edinburgh woman Suzanne | :26:50. | :26:56. | |
Pilley. David Gill Rowley denies the charges and today his lawyers | :26:56. | :27:04. | |
outlined the defence case to the A severely disabled man has won the | :27:04. | :27:08. | |
right to have his case -- his right-to-die case heard in the | :27:08. | :27:13. |