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He tied their hands using ligatures and electrical cord cut from a Nintendo game box in the room.

The review into Dr MacRae’s death revealed a risk assessment of her room carried out by senior nurses in February 2019 described the doors as “high risk” because of the presence of ligature points.

The prosecution said the existence of "fixed potential ligature points" amounted to breaches of safety laws.

Instead of the classic single ligature, they used a triple ligature approach on the upper left molar of male mice.

DNA on the gum was consistent with DNA found on the ligatures and Weaver’s body, according to the charging documents.