31.   Two renowned Holocaust scholars told the Globe they do not believe her story.

32.   We believed her story of sexual harassment or we thought she was a conniving shrew.

33.   Zina believes his story.

34.   Others found the stories hard to believe.

35.   But the tribunal said it did not believe his story and its decision to dismiss his application for refugee status was upheld by the Federal Court on Wednesday.

36.   Few believe their stories.

37.   If the judge believes his story, Scripps can hope for a manslaughter conviction that carries a maximum life imprisonment.

38.   In this case only a few hundred dollars, at most, were sent to the fictitious woman by people who believed the story, he said.

39.   Juror Joe Beary said the jury did not believe the story of the sexual assault.

40.   The appeals court believed his story and reversed his conviction.