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The nation was engrossed in the tale of these two charismatic yet troubled young men who seemed to have it all between wealth and looks before they violently snapped, taking their parents’ lives with shotguns.

His defence lawyer Bob Elias said he was a "lonely, socially isolated" man who had "plunged down the rabbit hole to this sort of fantasy life and became completely engrossed in it".

“That’s what we want to do — tell stories for people to be engrossed by and if they are engrossed, then job done.”

The 71-year-old homeowner is said to have awoken and confronted the alleged thief, who was engrossed in the book.

For Zendaya’s fearsome Tashi Duncan, pure tennis is when she becomes so engrossed in the movement of her limbs that the rest of the world disappears.