11.   Second, the amount of contribution recoverable between the two defendants.

12.   Giving evidence the three defendants admitted spraying paint on a bomber.

13.   The four defendants left Northampton Crown Court in jubilant mood.

14.   That evening the two defendants had been in the Peace Gardens with Mrs McMullen, her mother, Annie Williams, and brother, Terence Morton.

15.   Although Fishbein would not say what evidence the government has against the other defendants, he expressed confidence about the other cases.

16.   Almost immediately, lawyers for the three defendants will rise and tell Superior Court Judge Alice D. Bonner they have a motion.

17.   And then there were the four defendants.

18.   Another defense lawyer, James LaRossa, said plea deals for the other seven defendants had collapsed.

19.   As a result of the mistrial, the case against two of the four defendants was thrown out after they successfully opposed a new trial.

20.   Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul S. Becker, in a rare interview, said he thought he had proved that the five defendants had caused the explosion.