"The bride was spared from the fire as she had been at the local beauty salon, " an eyewitness told AFP.

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Mrs Esack, 33, was stabbed up to 11 times in the neck and chest at her hair and beauty salon in Ashford High Street, the court has been told.

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The jury earlier heard how Mrs Esack was stabbed up to 11 times in the neck and chest at her hair and beauty salon in Ashford High Street.

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The problem with keeping "Bride Wars" cheerful is the inherent nastiness of the rivalry, which comes to involve outlandish sabotage at such locales as beauty parlors and a tanning salon.

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