our correspondent, helena lee, has been at snaresbrook crown court.been summing up both in the defence and the prosecution cases in this trial of john de'viana, a father who is accused of subjecting his two daughters who are now 21 and 19 yea rs old two daughters who are now 21 and 19 years old two years of physical and emotional abuse. the prosecution é thatjohn emotional abuse. the prosecution é that john de'viana emotional abuse. the prosecution é thatjohn de'viana was so says thatjohn de'viana was so obsessed about getting his daughters to become tennis stars that the obsession then turned to cruelty, and during the trial the girls gave and dorifig the trial the girls gees = ehd dorihe the triel the girls eeee = his she dorihg the triel the girls geee = his eldest said that in evidence. his eldest said that in one incident herfather evidence. his eldest said that in one incident her father wrote the letter l for loser one incident her father wrote the letter lfor loser on one incident her father wrote the letter l for loser on her face one incident

helena lee is there for us. what more can you tell us?on where the injured have been treated this lunchtime. it was just before 4p yesterday afternoon that major incident was declared here and there area incident was declared here and there are a lot of police officers manning all of the entrances here at the hospital. they've got a major trauma centre here. they are very well used to dealing with patients who have life—threatening injuries. in terms of the numbers of those who have been injured, we now know at least 40 been injured, we now know at least a0 were injured in the attacks yesterday. 29 of those have been treated in hospital. three of those are police officers. seven, as you say, are still in a critical condition this lunchtime. here at kings college in particular, there are eight patients, six of them men, two women, and two of them here are ina two women, and two of them here are in a critical condition. in terms of the injuries, some have been described as catastrophic. here we understand some of the patients do have head i

he denies the charges. 0ur correspondent, helena lee, is at snaresbrook crown court.t the defendantjohn de‘viana is giving evidence in his own trial. he is accused of subjecting his two daughters, now 21 and 90, two years of physical and mental abuse, in his desire to get them to become tennis champions. the girls went on to become a successfuljunior tennis player, but in court today, john de‘viana told the jury that it was the decision of the girls to play tennis, that he had neverforced them. he was asked by his defence team, did you force monaei, his eldest daughter, to play? he said, no, that would be counter—productive. he said, you cannot just force a child counter—productive. he said, you cannotjust force a child to play a particular sport, especially when that child is progressing at a rapid rate. the court also heard earlier how mr de‘viana had written an abusive notes on the back of match reports after the girls had played tennis when it did not reach the standard that he wanted them to and he was asked in the last moments in court why he used such language.

he denies the charges. 0ur correspondent, helena lee, is at snaresbrook crown court.the defendant has been giving evidence in his trial, he is accused of subjecting his two daughters, now aged 21 and 19 years old, when they we re aged 21 and 19 years old, when they were younger, over a number of yea rs. were younger, over a number of years. subjecting them to physical and mental abuse in his desire, the prosecution says, for them to become tennis champions. the girls did in fa ct tennis champions. the girls did in fact become very successfuljunior tennis players but he is accused of putting them through an incredibly gruelling routine, physically and mentally abusing them when it didn't go the way he wanted them to. he has been giving evidence in court today in front of the jury and told the jury in front of the jury and told the jury it was the girls who wanted to play tennis, he neverforced jury it was the girls who wanted to play tennis, he never forced them. he was asked by his defence team, did you force dubai, the eldest daughter, to play tennis? he said no beca

he denies the charges. 0ur correspondent, helena lee, is at snaresbrook crown court. this is the second trial. he is accused of subjecting his two daughters, now 21 and 19, two years of physical and mental abuse. in his desire to get them to become tennis champions. the girls work in fact, went on to become successfuljunior tennis players. however, in court today, john de'viana told the jury it was the girls‘ today, john de‘viana told the jury it was the girls‘ decision to play tennis, that he had neverforced them. he was asked by his defence team, did you force monaei, the eldest daughter, to play? he replied, no, because that would be counter—productive. he went on to say, you can‘t just counter—productive. he went on to say, you can‘tjust force a child to play a particular sport, especially when that child is progressing at a rapid rate. the court also heard earlier howjohn de‘viana had written abusive notes on the back of match report after the girls had played tennis when it didn‘t reach the standard he wanted them to. and he was asked in the last few moments in court where he used

helena lee is there. what is the latest from there?re a lot of police manning most of the entrances to the hospital. they are also patrolling the outside and i have seen officers inside. they have a major trauma centre here so they are used to dealing with very difficult, life—threatening conditions here. the latest we have this afternoon is that at least a0 people were injured in that attack. 29 people when you we re in that attack. 29 people when you were treated in hospital. tonight, seven remained in critical condition. in the last half hour here at kings college hospital, they we re here at kings college hospital, they were treating it patience. we have been told they have discharged three of those patients. they had been in a stable condition. here tonight, they are still treating six patients, two of them are still in a critical condition, four of them are ina critical condition, four of them are in a stable condition, but they have discharged those two from here. there is a range of injuries they have been suffering across lond