1.   The police had a watertight case.

2.   They even got his fingerprints from that glass cabinet.

3.   Pinault and Gucci contend that they have a watertight case for the Dutch court.

4.   But police apparently chose to assemble a watertight case against him before they swooped -- despite mounting public pressure for results.

5.   The defendant is broke, and government prosecutors have spared no expense to build what they hope will be a watertight case against him.