"As a short-term means we recognised that quite a lot of our youngsters were joining the queue just to get a drink or sweets, " said Mr Hughes.

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"For now, we live in harmony with Sunnis here, " said Mr. Kilic, as he tallied the cost of sweets a mother was buying for her child.

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Exeter Crown Court was told Mr James bought his victims' silence with "cash and sweets".

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Sweets are where you can get more creative, Mr. Doassans says.

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According to an affidavit of probable cause released by the prosecutor's office when charges were brought, Trayvon Martin was walking home from a local shop carrying a bag of sweets and a can of iced tea when he was "profiled" by Mr Zimmerman.

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