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The newspaper was accused of libel/slander.
He testified under oath that he didn't know the accused.
The testimony of the witness was false.
The verdict of the jury was:'not guilty'.
The solicitor asked a very high fee.
He was defended by a very competent barrister.
Competence is the ability to do something.
The two witnesses contradicted each other.
There were contradictions in the police report.
The two reports were contradictory.
She was given custody of both her children.
He was held in custody on suspicion of murder.
He was not charged with murder but with manslaughter.
The young lawyer won his first case.
The Simpson versus Smith case attracted a lot of media attention.
Exceeding the speed limit is an offence.
A person who commits an offence is an offender
Drug addiction is a major cause of crime.
Driving too fast is a minor offence.
After one year he was released from prison.
One day after his arrest he was released on bail.
The government took steps to counter hooliganism.
The Amsterdam police inspector phoned his counterpart in Paris.
Sending young people to prison often works counterproductive.
The best defence is a counter-attack.
The police do not exclude the possibility that he killed his wife.
After two years in prison he was released on parole.