A BRITISH woman snatched by pirates from an east African island and held hostage for more than six months has given evidence about her harrowing ordeal.

Judith Tebbutt, whose husband was murdered after a gang of intruders stormed their beachfront resort, spoke for the first time in detail about her kidnap terror during the trial of a man charged over the attack.

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