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

The two men burned her with an iron, hit her with a golf club and crushed her toes, cut off her thumb and severed her pinkie finger.

BBC: Glasgow & West Scotland

It is alleged that during the fortnight she was held hostage, Ms Spence was burned with cigarettes and an iron, was thrashed on the legs with a golf club and had her thumb cut off.

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He alleged that he also cut of the tip off her small finger during a visit with Mr Wade and then returned alone later and cut off her thumb.

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White liquid dripped down its chin, and the woman tickled its lips with her gland, holding the organ shamelessly between finger and lustful thumb.

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It is claimed they cut off her thumb, crushed her toe, burned her with an iron, severed the tip of her little finger and beat her with a golf club to extract financial information from her.

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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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