He compares himself to Jesus Christ, inspiring "generations of the weak and the defenceless people".

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The course was defenceless and I expected someone to shoot 62 for the first time in a major.

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At Manchester Crown Court, prosecutor Simon Phillips QC said Mr Rigby made a "wicked attack on a defenceless child".

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"My judgement is that it would be foolish to leave Britain defenceless against a continuing, and growing, nuclear threat, " he said.

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Taking guns away from honest citizens leaves them defenceless against criminals, who will ignore any gun-control laws, argue opponents of such measures.

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The festival is now held in honour of the town's patron saint, St Louis Bertrand, and the Mare de Deu dels Desemparats (Mother of God of the Defenceless).

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Her advisers are working to persuade potential rebels that its rejection would leave Brazil defenceless in the face of global economic turmoil by making any fiscal retrenchment impossible.

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"May peace spring up for the people of Syria, deeply wounded and divided by a conflict that does not spare even the defenceless and reaps innocent victims, " he said.

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Speaking to Today presenter Justin Webb, Robert Brown also cautioned critics of the "marital coercion" defence unsuccessfully used by Pryce that they could leave victims of domestic abuse defenceless if it was removed.

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