Asked exactly what happened in 2003, she told the court Mr Huhne had called her downstairs and was standing in the hallway with a pen in his hand with the speeding form, which he asked her to sign.

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During cross-examination, Mr Edis challenged Ms Pryce's account earlier in the trial that Huhne stood in their hallway with a pen in his hand urging her to sign after a letter arrived with her named as the nominated driver.

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He's going round the changing room with a pen in his hand telling all the lads to sign his match ball.

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As he stood there with the pen in his hand, very obviously reading the badge pinned to my lapel, I found myself wanting to shake him out of the little dream he was in.

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"I found him standing by the hallway table with the form and pen in hand, " she told the jury.

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We were able to comfortably grip the entire back of the 7.95mm thick tablet, which measures 210.8mm x 135.9mm (8.3 x 5.4 inches), in our hand while navigating with the S Pen in the other.

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Letters were always answered promptly, in the beautiful hand and with the Sheaffer pen.

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Such text entry, while slow, trumps the pen in convenience in that it can be accomplished with the same hand that is holding the device.

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