"I began to weep telling her 'I am so sorry for the things I did in the past, ' " Garrido wrote about his wife, adding that he experienced a feeling of remorse he never had before.

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Mr Draper has apologised to those mentioned in the e-mails and admitted "we should never really have considered the idea and I am sorry we did".

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It did happen, he died of Aids, his mother was with him and I am sorry for any distress I have caused.

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