51.   Although the defence counsel for the cult demanded another hearing in July, the agency is expected to seek a final government decision to outlaw the cult soon.

52.   Boland had AIDS, but defence counsel suggested he might have picked it up from his consorting with prostitutes.

53.   But his defence counsel, Paul Olivier, told the judge his client was a sick man who had deferred urgent medical treatment to attend the trial.

54.   But Andersen defence counsel Rusty Hardin said the government was distorting the truth.

55.   But the defence counsel for the cult demanded another hearing in July.

56.   But, in cross-examination, defence counsel have suggested that Homolka was a willing participant in the beating and degrading assaults of the victims.

57.   Defence counsel in the Mbabane courtroom also said they needed time to gather further affidavits from witnesses which had not been handed in before the trial opened earlier Thursday.

58.   Defence counsel Nana Akuffo Addo called for Thompson to be released on the grounds he was an employee of the publishing house and not the publisher of the paper.

59.   Defence counsel are yet to plead, with judgement expected early in the week.

60.   Defence counsel rejected prosecution demands that the men be held in custody because of fears they may try to escape from Canada.