give an account

Nasir responded: "There isn't a reasonable explanation. At the end of the day, I can only give an account of what I've done. I can't give an account of their record keeping."

They complained that taking a statement from Pycroft when he was still under the "shadow of prosecution for murder" meant he had a "powerful incentive" to give an account "implicating" Hutchinson and "exonerating himself".

"Four years after starting my term as a European leader, it's my responsibility to give an account of my work these past years and to propose a project for Europe's future."

Mr Cox was not able to give an account of what happened as he never regained consciousness, but Nottinghamshire Police said it was able to piece together evidence using the video stream.

"I am not taking it lightly. I am taking responsibility that as president this should not have happened. And certainly, some people who are responsible for this failure on the part of government will have to give an account," he said in a joint interview with Kenyan news outlets late on Sunday.