Two things that I am confused about; where H.H., in his directions to the jury before they went out to deliberate, informed them that they didn't have to consider the issues of abduction and rape. It was pointed out to me by better informed Sleuthers that in Scots Law, only penile penetration is recognised as rape (as opposed to digital or via an implement). Okay thus far, I get that. It then appeared to me that there had been agreement with counsel and H.H. that that particular part of the Indictment was to be no longer deliberated upon. I found this most odd, as it had been a pertinent part of the Indictment, according to MSM. Sometimes, during a trial there is permission to amend the charge/s of an Indictment, (for instance in this case, changing the indictment to wording such as "sexual assault", or such wording to take into consideration that it may have been an implement which had been used as my understanding is that that aspect had never been clearly established (to the general public via MSM at least). As for the abduction part - I did find that odd that they were told that they did not have to deliberate on that, either. I thought that perhaps it had been had been agreed that as no actual evidence had been provided to substantiate the abduction of Alesha from the flat, (lack of any physical evidence INSIDE the flat) and that she may have left via other means (unknown) that this had also been amended during the course of the trial. I thought that under those circumstances, the jury would most probably find the then-accused guilty as charged, as his DNA evidence found at the scene was very compelling to say the least and that if they only had to deliberate on that one charge, then it would help them immensely to come to a swift conclusion of guilt. I came in today and switched on the news and heard the verdict of guilty, ( to murder) together with the charges of rape and abduction. Perhaps I have got the wrong end of the stick and misunderstood what had been recorded in the tweet from the reporter re H.H.'s instructions to the jury prior to their deliberations. Can someone clarify this for me, please? Thanks in advance.