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But he added that was not the fault of Mr Noble or his legal advisers, and the court should "not be beguiled" into allowing the family, six-and-a-half years after Mr Lavelle's death, to start the process all over again.
Ceri Noble, 44, of Rhondda, was charged with Mr Lavelle's murder but the court case collapsed in 2006 when it could not be proved who dealt the fatal blow.