The bus left without her after a stop at a service plaza after she told others she had called police, the suit says, adding she had bruises on her arms, head trauma, a disc protrusion and lumbar sprain.

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She recalled that Ms Nelson had bruises on her face and body, saying she told her friends she had "been fighting with Robert Bayne the night before".

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She said that she had not caused the bruises.

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Three people told the Spotlight programme that he had been regularly hitting his partner, Lorraine McGovern, and one girl - a visitor to the family home - said she had seen Lorraine with a black eye and bruises on her arms.

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Friends and family saw her finger had been broken, she was often left with black eyes and bruises to her back and shoulders, but she did not contact police, jurors heard.

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The girl was barefoot, had bruises and scratches, and wasn't wearing the same clothes she had on when she vanished.

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She had at least 15 separate injuries associated with the stun-gun, in addition to numerous cuts and bruises.

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She had dressed for the visit, generously spritzed herself with Shalimar, and done her best to cover the fresh bruises around her newly widened eyes.

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