The jury will return their verdict, no-one can return April

As the jury considers its verdicts, Machynlleth waits.

It is a different place to the one I came to in October when April went missing.

Then, the Leisure Centre was a vibrant hub of community spirit - locals and visitors willingly marshalled into packs to check every nook and cranny of this Welsh market town.

First responders - police, fire-crews, paramedics - were at one with the people whose crises they tend to, whose problems they seek to solve.

Today the Leisure Centre is quiet.

The nearby play-area is full of children but with, perhaps, even more watchful parents on the park benches close by.

April never returned, as we all know now.

The pink ribbons remain - the symbol of a community's loving, hopeful effort to find her which eventually dissolved in the tears of loss when it became clear she was a 'missing person' not destined to come home.

A man admits he killed her, a man now on trial for April's murder.

The jury will return their verdict. No-one can return April.

Machynlleth knows that now and is getting on with its life.

But it also waits to hear what comes to pass in a court-room in Mold. It is their entitlement.