This despite the fact that he only spoke a few words of English - "toilet, football, hello and goodbye, " he said - when he moved to the UK a year ago.

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"He just came over and said hello, and I welcomed him, " Chamberlain said.

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The jury rejected his claim that he had only said "hello" to the woman before she began screaming and that he had only held her wrists to restrain her.

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He let the pause grow and then said a very casual hello.

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He said hello tersely, then turned his head away from us and continued on.

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