Jury out in ‘gone into the kebabs’ murder trial

THE jury in the trial of a takeaway owner accused of killing a schoolgirl and joking she had “gone into the kebabs” retired yesterday to consider its verdict.

Iyad Albattikhi, 29, is accused of having sex with Charlene Downes, 14, before she was “chopped up” and disposed of.

No trace of Charlene’s body has been found.