Complex sentence: A garrote made from a length of tweed cord and the broken handle of a paintbrush had been used to strangle her; her skull had suffered severe blunt trauma; there was no evidence of conventional rape, although sexual assault could not be ruled out.
Split into simpler sentences: A garrote made from a length of cord and the broken handle of a paintbrush had been used to strangle her. There was no evidence of conventional rape, although sexual assault could not be ruled out.