Mrs Geraghty's husband, Frank, had died some years ago and the jury heard she was so devoted to him she carried his ashes in her shoulder bag when she went out.

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The woman dropped the bag from her shoulder, settling it between her boots.

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The woman was climbing outside stairs leading to Knightswood Secondary School in Glasgow when a man tried to pull her bag from her shoulder from behind her.

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She hiked the canvas bag onto her shoulder.

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In a large shoulder bag, she carried her C.

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