Andrews, who worked for the Duchess of York for nine years until 1997, beat 39-year-old Mr Cressman with a cricket bat and stabbed him with a kitchen knife on 17 September 2000.

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Hadden claimed, in evidence, that he was acting in self-defence, saying Mr O'Brien was swinging the bat wildly at him and he had to protect himself.

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Mr Galili subsequently worked with two well-known Israeli troupes, the Bat-Dor and Batsheva Dance companies.

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