Mr Healy and Miss Swift also deny a second charge of perverting the course of justice between 17 July and 8 August by "concealing or disposing" of Mr Kennedy's body parts, which have never been recovered.

BBC: Police at scene

Ms Swift and Mr Healy also deny a second charge of perverting the course of justice between July 17 and August 8 last year by "concealing or disposing" of the body parts of Mr Kennedy.

BBC: Police at scene

"The comparisons (to Swift Boat) are apt, particularly with the Bain outsourcing of jobs charge because there is a thin veneer of truth to that just as there was a thin coating of truth with the attacks of Kerry not deserving his medals, " Arterton said.

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