A defence lawyer has accused a mother of telling her daughter to fabricate allegations she was sexually abused as a child by her stepfather.

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Cross-examination of the mother - the ex-wife of the accused man - by barrister Caroline Graves became heated, and ended in the mother breaking down in the witness box and calling Ms Graves uncompassionate and "absolutely evil".

Warning: This story contains details of alleged child sexual abuse.

It comes as the trial of a 61-year-old man charged with persistent sexual abuse of a child entered its fourth d

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