In a case that’s shaken Worcester for nearly a decade, the fate of Joshua Hubert — a 43-year-old man accused of kidnapping his best friend’s 7-year-old daughter, raping her and hurling her off a bridge — will soon be decided.

The girl, who accused Hubert, had named him to police officers in the early morning hours of Aug. 27, 2017, saying her “friend Josh” tossed her into the water of Lake Quinsigamond.

She, now 15, testified to her memory of that night in Worcester Superior Court on Sept. 8, on the first day of testimony in the trial against Hubert. He faces charges of forcible child rape, child rape aggravated by age, two counts of attempted murder and a single count each of kidnapping a child under 16 and strangulation.

But over the last week of trial, prosecutors admitted there’s

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