When it comes to creating the arrangements for his shows, Simons's secret weapon is 34-year-old Antwerp-based florist Mark Colle.

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She said if Mr Van Colle had been placed in temporary safe accommodation pending the trial it was "very unlikely" that the murder would have taken place.

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