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| Tia Sharp 'idolised' murder accused Stuart Hazell | Tia Sharp 'idolised' murder accused Stuart Hazell |
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| Schoolgirl Tia Sharp "idolised" the man accused of murdering her, her grandmother has told the Old Bailey. | |
| Jurors were read a statement by Christine Bicknell, whose former partner Stuart Hazell is accused of murdering the 12-year-old. | Jurors were read a statement by Christine Bicknell, whose former partner Stuart Hazell is accused of murdering the 12-year-old. |
| She said: "I always thought she was coming home. It didn't cross my mind that he would hurt her. He loved Tia, she idolised him." | She said: "I always thought she was coming home. It didn't cross my mind that he would hurt her. He loved Tia, she idolised him." |
| Mr Hazell, 37, of New Addington, south London, denies Tia's murder. | Mr Hazell, 37, of New Addington, south London, denies Tia's murder. |
| Tia was found dead in the loft of Ms Bicknell's south London house in August a week after she went missing. | Tia was found dead in the loft of Ms Bicknell's south London house in August a week after she went missing. |
| CCTV clips | CCTV clips |
| It is believed the schoolgirl was killed between 2 August and 10 August, when her body was found. | It is believed the schoolgirl was killed between 2 August and 10 August, when her body was found. |
| Jurors were shown CCTV clips of Mr Hazell and Tia together after meeting at a train station on the afternoon of 2 August. | Jurors were shown CCTV clips of Mr Hazell and Tia together after meeting at a train station on the afternoon of 2 August. |
| The court heard that Tia had sent a text to Mr Hazell asking if she could stay the night at the house he shared with her grandmother. | The court heard that Tia had sent a text to Mr Hazell asking if she could stay the night at the house he shared with her grandmother. |
| Ms Bicknell said: "The majority of the time he has her more than what I do. She is his cling-on." | |
| The prosecution alleges that Mr Hazell killed Tia following a sexual assault. | The prosecution alleges that Mr Hazell killed Tia following a sexual assault. |
| The jury was previously shown an image of a child, alleged to be Tia although the girl's face cannot be seen, on a bed at her grandmother's house. | The jury was previously shown an image of a child, alleged to be Tia although the girl's face cannot be seen, on a bed at her grandmother's house. |
| Blood could be seen on the bed linen in the picture, said to have been taken in the early hours of 3 August, when prosecutors say Tia died. | Blood could be seen on the bed linen in the picture, said to have been taken in the early hours of 3 August, when prosecutors say Tia died. |
| Video clips and images of Tia sleeping in her bedroom were also found. | Video clips and images of Tia sleeping in her bedroom were also found. |
| Phone images | |
| Ms Bicknell said she had not had any concerns about Mr Hazell being around Tia during their five-and-a-half year relationship. | Ms Bicknell said she had not had any concerns about Mr Hazell being around Tia during their five-and-a-half year relationship. |
| She said Mr Hazell was not somebody she had "dragged in from the street" and "Tia was not the sort of girl you could groom". | She said Mr Hazell was not somebody she had "dragged in from the street" and "Tia was not the sort of girl you could groom". |
| She added: "I knew nothing about her death. If I knew, he could be dead - I would be inside because I would have killed him. I didn't know anything." | She added: "I knew nothing about her death. If I knew, he could be dead - I would be inside because I would have killed him. I didn't know anything." |
| Ms Bicknell's statement said they had no access to the internet at the house. | |
| "Stuart didn't have access to the internet, he wouldn't have a clue how to do it, so he says," she said. | |
| The jury has heard that Mr Hazell looked at indecent websites, searching for material on under-age girls. | |
| Ms Bicknell said: "Stuart doesn't use the internet as far as I know. | |
| "I have been asked by the police if Stuart watched or downloaded pornography to his phone. I have never seen him do anything like that." | |
| She said she had seen some images on his phone, but he claimed they had accidentally downloaded when he was looking for something else. | |
| 'Odour' described | |
| Ms Bicknell described a "smell" coming from somewhere in the house the week after Tia disappeared. | Ms Bicknell described a "smell" coming from somewhere in the house the week after Tia disappeared. |
| "I had a quick check around and I couldn't find anything," she said. | "I had a quick check around and I couldn't find anything," she said. |
| The jury heard details of the unsuccessful police searches of the house where Tia's body was eventually found. | |
| These included two searches of the loft, one on 4 August and a second on 5 August by an officer with specialist training. | |
| Of the first sweep, a police constable said: "From what I could see the loft seemed very clear. I thought 'she is not hiding in here'," he said. | |
| When the specialist team came in the following day, one officer said he would have recognised the smell of a decomposing body if it had been apparent. | |
| He and his colleague took around 25 minutes to search the loft, including moving black bags around that the team believed were too light to contain anything significant. | |
| The body was found after a detective noticed a smell of decomposition in the upstairs of the house on 10 August. | |
| The case continues. | The case continues. |