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The hearing was also told that Mrs Kneale's family said she was "chatty", lucid and did not appear agitated when they left her at the hospital late on the evening of 12 November.

Along the way, he gets help from a ragtag bunch of misfits, including a chatty donkey and, later, a boot-wearing cat.

Pretty, with big brown eyes and a chatty, bubbly personality, she seemed "down to earth" and they appeared to have a lot in common.

"I thought this was a special boy, he is so different, so passionate about the era, and so pleasant as well and chatty," she said.

Simon told the trial he and Erin had initially remained chatty and amicable after their split in 2015.