After his arrest in 2001, "lurid and demonic" artwork and verse, some depicting the death of Miss Halstead, were found in north London home, along with a machete and a garrotte made from bamboo and wire.

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But then in the 17th Century, supposed heretics were tried and executed here during the Spanish Inquisition -- burnings at the stake and deaths by garrotte took place on the north side of the square, hangings to the south.

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Instead, they have routinely engaged in conduct that worked to the advantage of Serb partisans there, including collaboration in Serb military and economic efforts to garrotte non-Serb populations in areas under their jurisdiction -- a key component of the Belgrade-backed "ethnic cleansing" campaign.

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