Local media reported that several other people in the same group, including a Mexican woman, had been tied up and gagged while the attack took place.

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In his closing speech, Stephen Lowne, prosecuting told how Mr Clary had been tied up, gagged and beaten to death.

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The charge says he gagged her with cloth and tape, tied her hands, raped her and battered her with a piece of wood or something similar, and repeatedly struck her with a knife.

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