JAMES: It is because no one was in the rooms. Being on a weekend, they had all gone out to various places. If I had escaped, how then did the police find me in the room when they arrested me?
TIMON: How then did your shirt end up torn and with bloodstains in the hands of Carol.
JUDE: Objection your honor.
JUDGE: Objection overruled. Answer the question please.
JAMES: I cannot know how she got the shirt blood stained and torn but what I do know is I had left it with my girlfriend Vero when I visited her.
TIMON: You say you did not force yourself on her but the results from the hospital indicate otherwise. How is this, James?
JAMES: Well, I did say that I slept with Carol but she claimed to love me and begged me to do it. What I did not do is force myself on her. Whatever that happened after I left the hostel, I cannot explain.
TIMON: Are you saying that Carol is lying to the court?
JAMES: No. I have not said such words. What I a
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