Hazell's defence counsel, Lord Carlile, told the court his client would be claiming that Tia's death was a "dreadful" accident.
He said; "Mr Hazell will assert there was a dreadful accident and Tia Sharp died as a result of that accident, and he panicked. The body was placed in the loft, where it remained undisturbed and missed by a number of police searches until it was found."
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