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| Lynda Spence trial: Jury retires to consider verdicts | Lynda Spence trial: Jury retires to consider verdicts |
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| The jury in the trial of two men accused of murdering missing businesswoman Lynda Spence has retired to consider its verdicts. | The jury in the trial of two men accused of murdering missing businesswoman Lynda Spence has retired to consider its verdicts. |
| Colin Coats and Philip Wade, both 42, deny torturing and killing the 27-year-old financial adviser, who was last seen in Glasgow in April 2011. | Colin Coats and Philip Wade, both 42, deny torturing and killing the 27-year-old financial adviser, who was last seen in Glasgow in April 2011. |
| Her body has never been found. | Her body has never been found. |
| At the High Court in Glasgow, judge Lord Pentland told jurors they would have to rely on circumstantial evidence in reaching their verdict. | At the High Court in Glasgow, judge Lord Pentland told jurors they would have to rely on circumstantial evidence in reaching their verdict. |
| Lord Pentland told the jury of six men and seven women: "Social or moral judgments have no part to play in a court of law." | |
| No speculation | |
| He said feelings of "disapproval, revulsion or outrage" over the evidence heard should have no part to play in their deliberations. | He said feelings of "disapproval, revulsion or outrage" over the evidence heard should have no part to play in their deliberations. |
| The judge said: "Put out of your mind prejudices or preconceptions." | |
| He added that they must put any feelings of sympathy aside and consider only the evidence. | |
| Lord Pentland said: "What you are not allowed to do is speculate. Your verdict must be on the basis of the evidence you have heard." | |
| The judge told the jurors: "There is no time limit on your deliberations, you must not feel you have to rush. | |
| "It is important you do not rush to judgement, take as long as you need." |