Question

Present Perfect or Past Simple? Good evening. This is 9 o’clock news. Several men _________ (spend) the night in police cells following the riots in Coventry. A female doctor from Leeds ________ (be given) a five year suspended sentence for administering a fatal overdose to an elderly patient. And in Shropshire a woman _______ (admit) killing her husband after years of abuse. Here are the details. Riots ________ (break out) in Coventry last night following the election of an extreme right-wingcandidate to the city council. Four men ______ (spend) the night in the cells, but police ______ (release) them early in the morning. Dr. Mary Jenson, from Leeds, who ______ (give) an overdose to a 75-year-oldpatient last May, ______ (claim) yesterday in court that it was the patient’s wish. The family ____ (say) in the hearing that they _____ (not know) anything about this. The judge _____ (give) the woman a five-yearsuspended sentence after the jury ______ (return) a guilty verdict. And finally, a Shropshire woman _______ (admit) killing her husband. They _____(have) a violent row which ______ (end) with her shooting him. She is charged with manslaughter. That’s all for now. The next news will be at 10 o’clock.