Det Con James Chapman, from Surrey Police, said Brown committed a "cruel and violent act on an innocent child".

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But is not the death of even one innocent child too many?

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"After she went missing, we were worried, but we were hopeful because we believed that no one would harm an innocent child, " village head Ravindra Kasva told the BBC.

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The brisk pacing mars the pageantry of the aristocratic court scenes, with unintentionally comic moments from the innocent child dancers who, as attending pages, skitter about like nervous fleas.

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"It is hard for all at home to see an innocent child who had been hopping around like a little rabbit, playing with her siblings and friends, now paralyzed for life, " Sharmilla Kamaleswaran said.

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But Panorama failed to explain the Catholic belief that an even more innocent victim was at stake - the unborn child, who was equally entitled to fullness of life and love.

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