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The family also claims the new authorities have leant on the courts to find them guilty.

"When I was standing with my placard and talking to a policeman, a man in his 50s came up to us. He leant forward and said: 'Just strangle her.'"

Then he leant closer and told me he didn't have to worry: "Rick will save me."

Harvey leant into the nearby cafeteria, looked at his attacker for a final time, then stepped back into the courtyard, looked down at his chest and collapsed to the floor.

It leant the audience a discerning sense of agency, as we could control the show but only to a point.