The jury in the trial of Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell is considering its verdict on child rape claims.
The eight female and four male jurors were told they must decide if the alleged victim is telling the truth or set out to "quite literally destroy the life" of the actor.
Le Vell, 48, who has played garage mechanic Kevin Webster in the ITV1 soap for 30 years, is accused of sexually assaulting and raping the youngster, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
Judge Michael Henshell told the jurors in the week-long trial at Manchester Crown Court their assessment of the alleged victim was "critical in this case".
Le Vell, being tried under his real name of Michael Turner, denies five counts of rape, three of indecent assault, two counts of sexual activity with a child, and two of causing a child to engage in sexual activity.
Earlier Eleanor Laws QC, prosecuting, told the jury the "courage" of the alleged sex abuse victim must be marked by guilty verdicts if she was telling the truth.
She said his accuser had no reason to lie and the only explanation for her allegations was that it was the "uncomfortable truth", Miss Laws said.
"You saw her as bubbly, lovely, naive, so lovely," she said.
"She was not twisted. You are the most important people in the courtroom.
"It is you who decide the facts. At the end of the day it is your collective decision that is important."
Alisdair Williamson then gave the closing speech for the defence, telling jurors the girl's claims were "inconsistent, incoherent and unbelievable".
He said it was a "strange case of child rape" without any evidence of blood or semen or injuries to the alleged victim.
"Welcome to the prosecution's hall of mirrors," he told the jury.
"Where up is down and left is right."
"You are going to throw a man's life away? You are going to cast him to the outer darkness of being a child rapist?"
"Where is the consistency, the solidity of evidence on which you are going to be sure?
"Not there, simply not there."
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