Present Perfect or Past Simple?
Good evening. This is 9 o’clock news.
Several men _spent________ (spend) the night in police cells following the riots in Coventry. A female doctor from Leeds ___was given_____
(be given) a five year suspended sentence for administering a fatal overdose to an elderly patient. And in Shropshire a woman _____admited__
(admit) killing her husband after years of abuse. Here are the details. Riots __broke out______ (break out) in Coventry last night following the election of an extreme right-wingcandidate to the city council.
Four men ___spent___ (spend) the night in the cells, but police _released_____
(release) them early in the morning.
Dr. Mary Jenson, from Leeds, who __gave____ (give) an overdose to a 75-year-oldpatient last May, _claimed_____ (claim) yesterday in court that it was the patient’s wish. The family __said__ (say) in the hearing that they __didn’t know___ (not know) anything about this. The judge _gave____
(give) the woman a five-yearsuspended sentence after the jury
__returned____ (return) a guilty verdict.

And finally, a Shropshire woman _admited______ (admit) killing her husband. They __had___(have) a violent row which ended______ (end) with her shooting him. She is charged with manslaughter. That’s all for now. The next news will be at 10 o’clock.