The defendant denied the claim that he was afraid that S. would reveal the contents of the phone call that took place between them on the night of the murder, when, according to the claim, in that conversation, the defendant said that they had attacked and stabbed someone in the neighborhood, even before it became known that we were dealing with a stabbing incident. In this context, the defendant added that he did not know at all that this was a person who had been stabbed, and therefore he did not say so. The defendant testified in this context: "I couldn't tell in a phone call and tell S. that the person had been stabbed. ..." (p. 535, line 13).
Moreover, in his reference to this interrogation exercise, S. himself also noted in his testimony before us that his statement to the defendant came out of concern; His words were expressed as follows:Still, I know him, he got into trouble in the past, he had certain entanglements, I wanted, a case like this, that I haven't been able to understand its meaning yet, out of concern I told him, don't say anything..." (p. 392, lines 20-24). S. repeated this later in his testimony, noting that he had said this to the defendant as advice from a friend, and nothing more (p. 435, lines 2-6).
Moreover; Where there remains considerable doubt surrounding the claim that the defendant said the word "stabbed" to S. (as I noted at an earlier stage), then the basis for the accuser's claim that the defendant was afraid that S. would tell them what had happened between them in that telephone conversation was dropped.
The interrogation exercise between the defendant and Y. at the police station; This is how the defendant related to this encounter in his testimony:With Y, then Y., when we were in the offices of the CIA, there were two chairs there, so Y. was there, and I just entered the room, and then he signaled to me with his hand like that, he doesn't talk like that." (p. 496, lines 27-29) and later on: "So I sang the song to him and my words were silent in order to convey to him that I didn't say anything about it" (p. 497, lines 2-3).