Soldiers go on trial for guide's murder
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The ruling ended a series of legal objections that prevented the opening of the trial for eight months. Pte Justin Fowler, 26, of Falmouth, Cornwall; Pte Alan Ford, 26, of Birmingham; and Pte Jeff Parnell, 23, of Oldbury, West Midlands, are accused of killing the guide, Louise Jensen, 23, after kidnapping her in the south-eastern tourist resort of Ayia Napa.
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