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Smyth was a prominent barrister as well as a lay preacher - a member of the congregation who delivers sermons but is not ordained - who ran summer camps for young Christians.

Lawyers for the girl’s father and the Islamist preacher will argue that though they publicly condemned Mr Paty, they never called for his murder.

But Garfield, aided by his earnestness — and Britishness — more often comes across as a seeker, not a preacher.

It is the seat of Hood County, where rodeos and “cowboy tourism” are popular and preachers conflate Bible parables and politics.

Fried chicken, she added, was her family’s go-to dish to make when the preacher came to visit.