Cowper-Coles had recently clashed with senior U.S.and NATO officials over strategy in Afghanistan.

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Meanwhile,Britain's special envoy to Afghanistan, Sherard Cowper-Coles, has stepped down.

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Det Insp Jez Prior said detectives admired the courage of Coles's victims in coming forward and being prepared to give evidence against him.

BBC: Father Robert Coles

Bijou Phillips as Alice, the Coles's babysitter, and Elle Fanning as little Ruthie, whose face rises into view in one of the very first shots.

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Mr Boatman's business partner, Kevin Coles, told BBC News that Mr Boatman had been found dead.

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