However, sketches from the patent application show that the Smart Cover could charge the iPad while the case is being used as a stand to prop the device upward.

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He was simply forced to stand there, like a menacing prop, surrounded by the still hooded special-forces team, with his chafed wrists handcuffed behind his back.

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Sale prop Stuart Turner will also join England on stand-by, replacing Bristol's Darren Compton who flew out as temporary cover in the immediate aftermath of skipper Phil Vickery's two-match ban for tripping USA centre Paul Emerick.

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