Sean Fewster @SeanFewster · 30s
Pearce says both women, though very different, were compelling, impressive young women.
He says their conduct on the beach "reveals they're very brave young women".
He says their evidence in court showed them "doing their best to describe, to you, a harrowing ordeal".
"Sometimes, in life and in court, there are little mysteries. There are no mysteries here, because these women told you what happened."
Pearce closes his address with a metaphor - a "silly little phase" - that's been "rattling around" in his head.
Pearce: "The ducks line up."
"They all line up. They all line up in a row, it's a long row, and they all line up next to one another."
"The ducks line up and the prosecution case is simply overwhelming."
"Things are, now that we've heard the evidence and it's been challenged, exactly as they seem."