21.   The lawyers said the nurses had subsequently withdrawn their confessions.

22.   The lawyers said the nurses have withdrawn their confessions.

23.   The other six defendants have withdrawn their confessions, saying they were made under torture and duress.

24.   The Salah Hejailan law firm that is representing the nurses said the women had withdrawn their confessions.

25.   The Salah Hejailan law firm, which is representing the nurses, has said the women have withdrawn their confessions.

26.   The two suspects later withdrew their confessions, the lawyers said.

27.   The two suspects later withdrew their confessions, their lawyers said.

28.   They later withdrew their confessions, their lawyers said.

29.   They pleaded not guilty and withdrew their confessions, Pearce said.

30.   Zahar then read a typed statement, allegedly by Mousa, in which the boy withdrew his confession.