Defenceless in a sentence

Audio of Bierton repeatedly striking “defenceless” Ms Quinn with her wooden coffee table, recorded after she pulled a red emergency cord, was played to the jury for a final time on Thursday during the prosecution’s closing speech.

He added: “Your victim was a defenceless young child and you, her carer.

He said troops’ intervention in the 19 villages forced some of the militants to withdraw after wreaking havoc on the defenceless villagers.

Ms Quinn, who lived alone, had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and walked with a stick, was described as ‘defenceless’ by prosecutors.

Perhaps because the image of a defenceless Kremlin under attack was too uncomfortable to share.

As a result, he was able to continue to commit grievous and reprehensible crimes against defenceless women for decades.

Ben Collinson, District Crown Prosecutor for CPS North West, said: “This was a vicious, pre-meditated attack on a defenceless woman in her own home.

Chief Insp Laura Harrison, from the West Midlands Police homicide unit, added: “The death of a child is unimaginable to comprehend, especially a defenceless six-month-old who should be in the safest hands possible with his parent.

He was the defender of the defenceless.

Leaving them defenceless, locked in cages to starve and dehydrate is disgusting behaviour.

Presiding over the case, Mr Justice Andrew Smith described the attack as "chilling" and added: "You knew he would be defenceless and you set about him mercilessly.

Residents were left defenceless, enduring continuous shootings and the burning of houses for over 48 hours during the onslaught.

The girl is among the almost 8,000 children who have been killed in since October 7; the scene just one scene in a litany of horrors, death and destruction visited on defenceless, innocent people.

All I can wish for is that the campaign helps protect and nurture the defenceless.

But it will prove that the accused intentionally slammed his stolen Ford F-150 into a defenceless person in a small car, that it was planned and deliberate, and that he is guilty of first-degree murder,” Flumerfelt told the jury.

Elizabeth had taken to dressing the defenceless Friedrich in a toga, and positioning him by the window, where his blank stare and unkempt appearance provided the impression of a great prophet.

Human beings will find themselves standing alone, trembling and defenceless, before a new kind of tyranny that routinely sacrifices individual freedom for herd security.

I wonder what is going on in the mind of a person who assault defenceless and vulnerable women.

On February 13, in an appalling act of brutality against an underage girl, the lady of the house launched a brutal assault on the defenceless child and left her in a remote area of the city.

On October 20, these events culminated in the infamous “Lekki massacre” where the military shot into the crowd of defenceless protesters sitting on the ground, singing the Nigerian national anthem.