Under cross-examination at the High Court in Glasgow, Parker said that Ms Spence had the tip of her pinkie finger cut off along with her thumb.

BBC: Lynda Spence

Her eyes well with tears, but she doesn't allow them to fall, quickly wiping them away and biting her thumb like the vulnerable child she is.

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Chiseling quarry waste into blocks, she hurt her thumb and several fingers while figuring out how to hold a piece of sandstone in place with her foot in order to shape it to the desired size.

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