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Wednesday, 7 August, 2002, 15:48 GMT 16:48 UK

SARAH PAYNE

THE VERDICT
Paynes 'positive' after meeting
The parents of murdered Sarah Payne have a "productive" meeting with the home secretary, but he rejects calls for "Sarah's Law".

Whiting detective attacks sentence

Government stops short of Sarah's Law

Whiting guilty of Sarah murder

Minister rules out 'Sarah's Law'

Blair's sympathy message for Paynes

'Predator' who struck twice

Damning evidence that caught a killer

BACKGROUND
Snatched on a summer's evening
Sarah Payne vanished seconds after playing with her sister and brothers in a cornfield.

Do we need a 'Sarah's Law'?

Paedophiles 'may go underground'

The story of Megan's Law

Law on previous convictions may change

Protecting children from paedophiles

Sex offender laws under review

Timeline: The Sarah Payne tragedy

THE TRIAL: WEEK FOUR
Fibre evidence needs 'leap of faith'
The defence in the Sarah Payne trial says the prosecution case rests entirely on unreliable evidence from fibres.

Sarah evidence 'enough to convict'

Sarah accused blames 'coincidence'

I was nowhere near Sarah - Whiting

Sarah's brother 'did not identify accused'

WEEK THREE
Sarah trial hears doubts over van
A motor engineer tells the Sarah Payne trial a van seen near the abduction scene could not have been the one her alleged killer drove.

Sarah evidence 'could be contaminated'

Hair clue 'one in a billion'

Sarah accused's arrest 'unlawful'

Sarah accused 'silent when quizzed'

Week two
Sarah accused 'had scratches'
The man accused of killing schoolgirl Sarah Payne had three scratches on his body when arrested, a jury hears.

Sarah accused denied seeing her

Sarah accused gave funfair alibi

Sarah accused was a 'loner'

Parents in tears over Sarah evidence

Labourer found Sarah's body in field

Sarah was 'seconds away' from safety

Last moments with murdered Sarah

Week one
DNA 'proof' in Sarah case
A single strand of Sarah Payne's hair was found on a sweatshirt in Roy Whiting's van, "proving" he killed her, a court hears.

Sarah's killer was 'on the prowl'

New Sarah jury sent home


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