'We can never make sense of losing our beautiful girl': Stephanie Scott's mother Merrilyn Scott tells court

By Emma Partridge
Updated August 23 2016 - 7:18pm, first published 4:56pm
Merrilyn Scott told the court there would be "no end to the sorrow' after the death of her daughter Stephanie.  Photo: James Alcock
Merrilyn Scott told the court there would be "no end to the sorrow' after the death of her daughter Stephanie. Photo: James Alcock
Murdered Leeton school teacher Stephanie Scott. Photo: Facebook
Murdered Leeton school teacher Stephanie Scott. Photo: Facebook
Marcus Stanford is escorted into Leeton court on Tuesday morning. Photo: Emma Partridge
Marcus Stanford is escorted into Leeton court on Tuesday morning. Photo: Emma Partridge
Stephanie Scott's mother Merrilyn and fiance Aaron Leeson-Woolley at the floral memorial on the gates of the Leeton High School last year. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Stephanie Scott's mother Merrilyn and fiance Aaron Leeson-Woolley at the floral memorial on the gates of the Leeton High School last year. Photo: Kate Geraghty

When police arrived to recover the remains of murdered school teacher Stephanie Scott in thick scrub, they came armed with metal detectors for a special reason.

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