21.   Under Japanese law, defendants may admit to charges, deny them, remain silent or postpone response at the beginning of a trial.

22.   All three defendants have admitted being involved in the kidnapping and on being on the scene when Jensen was battered to death with a shovel after being raped.

23.   All three defendants have admitted being involved in the kidnapping and that they were on the scene when she was battered to death with a shovel after being raped.

24.   Although the defendants admitted to all the charges during police interrogation, most pleaded innocent during the trial.

25.   At the arraignment, the defendant admitted to causing the deaths, said police spokesman Meindert Joostens.

26.   Both defendants had admitted killing two civilians apiece, but they argued they would have been killed himself for refusing to help round up and execute the civilians.

27.   Defense attorney Guenther Stanonik attempted to discredit testimony by an Austrian cellmate of Cvjetkovic, who claimed the defendant had admitted the murder to him.

28.   During the trial, the defendant admitted hitting the victim in the head with a crutch.

29.   During the trial in Wiener Neustadt, south of Vienna, the defendant admitted he had wanted sex from a classmate and used the weapon to make her comply.

30.   Farrer said the defendant admitted he had sex with Figard but claimed it was with her consent.