The jury in the car bomb attempted murder case has retired to consider verdicts.

Love cheat soldier Nick Fabian, 33, is alleged to have booby-trapped his wife Victoria's Mazda with a grenade outside their home in Highview, Vigo village, near Gravesend, in March last year.

Pregnant Mrs Fabian, 33, a district nurse at Tonbridge Cottage Hospital, suffered serious leg injuries, while her son Charlie, nine, and unborn child escaped unharmed.

Fabian, who was on the reservist list at the time and due to be posted later that month to Afghanistan, is alleged to have stolen a grenade while on Army training and rigged it so that it exploded when the car moved off.

The blast happened as Mrs Fabian was about to return the car to her mother in Tonbridge. Fabian was in the family Vauxhall Zafira with their four-year-old son Harry.

Fabian, who was having an affair with work colleague Jackie Phillips, pulled his wife from the burning car as she screamed in pain with her legs on fire.

He denies attempting to murder Mrs Fabian, causing her grievous bodily harm with intent and causing an explosion likely to endanger life or cause serious damage to property.

He admits possessing 95 rounds of 5.56mm rifle bullets without a firearms certificate.