21.   The defendants told the court they had followed proper procedures in building the bridge, Israeli media reports said.

22.   The defendants told the court Wednesday that the woman submitted willingly to the procedure.

23.   The defendants told the Tel Aviv Magistrates Court they had followed proper procedures in building the bridge, Israeli media reports said.

24.   The four defendants told Judge Jutta Magiera-Steinacker they would not testify, and Hemaz called the trial political.

25.   All four defendants told the court last week that police had fabricated evidence against them, used false witnesses, and tortured them to extract statements.

26.   The defendants told the court during the two-week hearing that they had swallowed the shipment in the Nigerian city of Kanu.

27.   The defendants all told the court they had previously confessed to the crime under duress, Hasban said.