31.   Allen denies murder but admits manslaughter and attempting to pervert justice by disposing of the body.

32.   Downing, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment, consistently denied murder.

33.   They denied murder and claimed that their lives were in danger as they believed that the victim was carrying a small bomb.

34.   Rosemary West last week took the witness box to vigorously deny the murders.

35.   The defendant denied the murder, and said he had slept beside the body because he did not want to lose his wife.

36.   The man admitted being present at the scene of the crime, but denies murder.