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The court previously heard a bloodstained cricket bat, a rolling pin with Sara’s DNA on it, a metal pole, a belt and rope were found near the family’s outhouse.

Five miners were pulled out on Wednesday by rope, but they were frail and weak.

Although the authorities have been blocking food and water, they have temporarily allowed local residents to send some supplies down by rope.

Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones KC previously said a bloodstained cricket bat, a rolling pin with Sara’s DNA on it, a metal pole, a belt and rope were found near the family’s outhouse.

The team retrieved it using a contraption made from a rope and a broom handle.