(BBC) A man accused of murdering a doctor and her daughter now accepts another person killed them rather than the supernatural spirits he had claimed were responsible, a court has heard.
Shahbaz Khan, 51, told police a 620-year-old “jinn” named Robert had killed Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49, and 14-year-old Vian Mangrio on 30 September 2020.
He told Preston Crown Court he now believed someone entered their Burnley home and killed them.
Mr Khan, of Burnley, denies murder.
It is alleged that the former computer network engineer, of Ribble Avenue, strangled Dr Sacharvi and then attacked her daughter when she returned from school.
