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His death is particularly difficult, Gyamfi said, because Brown had shown her he was persistently fighting to improve himself and, in the most dire of circumstances at times, to live.

But questions remain over Walker's own interest - he is on a bumper contract at Channel 5 and has persistently batted away suggestions of a return to the BBC.

Prosecutors had sought a longer prison sentence for Johnston, whose lawyers argued back that the US has "persistently overstated" the actor's role in the attack.

He also said her behaviour in custody had been persistently aggressive and violent.

Having concealed the bodies, McCullough would go on to persistently lie about her parents' whereabouts, cancel family arrangements and tell doctors and friends her parents they were unwell or on holiday, Ms Wilding said.