And behold, it is a wonder, in his testimony in court, Abed, like his friends, experienced an astonishing recovery of memory abilities, and a willingness to acknowledge and admit all those data that were clearly proven by the evidence collected by the investigation team. Suddenly the witness "remembered" that he had indeed driven with the defendant and Udai to the parking lot of the Mitsubishi in Tel Aviv, that he had indeed got out of the Mazda, got into the Mitsubishi and drove it, that he had indeed stopped on the way and changed the license plates, and that they had indeed loaded the Mitsubishi onto the tow truck ordered by the defendant. However, according to him, which came up for the first time in the testimony of the defendant in court, the person who instructed them to carry out all these acts, without providing any explanation, was Samer, who called Abed by chance while he was traveling with the defendant and Odai on their way to Tel Aviv, and instructed them to collect the Mitsubishi, dismantle the plates, summon a tow truck and remove the Mitsubishi from the area [ibid., at pp. 226-227].
Of course, this version of the witness raises considerable difficulties, such as how he got the Mitsubishi keys and its original license plates, and how Samer knew how to turn to them for help when he contacted them. But even if we ignore such questions, it is clear that this is an unreliable witness, who did everything in his power to avoid giving a version in his interrogations, who relied on false claims of memory difficulties, and who categorically denied any action attributed to him regarding Mitsubishi, even when the evidence gathered against him was clear. Regarding the words of a witness who conducts himself in this manner, and gives a suppressed and manipulative version two years later, devoid of any support from objective evidence, and which relates to the involvement of a person who is no longer alive and therefore cannot be interrogated, no findings can be substantiated, and I have no choice but to reject his testimony with both hands. So far in relation to the defense witnesses, all of whom left a negative and unreliable impression. I will now address another set of arguments that arose in the defense's summaries, which have not been addressed so far, before turning to the legal aspects of the affair.