Q: No, no, I'm going back to the first interrogation that you're lying to them that you've been all night.
A: I didn't want to tell them that I was with S. in order not to go out against him as a prosecution.
Q: So why didn't you maintain your right to remain silent? Why lie?
A: Because he said thank you to me and he mocked me."
(p. 508, lines 20-27).
- The defendant reiterated in the course of his cross-examination (what he had previously told the interrogators in his statements) that the character seen running in the security video (P/207) was the image of the defendant himself. (p. 511, lines 13-14).
Moreover, he confirmed that he saw the cyclist masked. Yes, he added that he saw the cyclist at the time, together with S., while they were sitting at the junction of the bins. When confronted with the fact that S. testified differently by saying that he (i.e., S.) did not see the cyclist, the defendant replied that S. was a liar (p. 511, lines 15-21).
Moreover, in the course of his cross-examination, the defendant claimed that he ran after the cyclist, because he was curious to know and reveal the identity of that person. When asked why, during his interrogation with the police, another claimed, saying that he thought he was a terrorist and that he ran after him, that he feared for his life and that immediately afterwards he went and hid in his house, he replied that his statements during the interrogation were false. As to the reason that motivated him to lie, the defendant told us; "Because at that point they showed me that I had fallen on an informant, they laughed at me and belied me and clapped their hands and told me to sing everything, we know from your mouth, and it hurt me and it humiliated me and I lied as if I had nothing to do and I didn't want to open up with them that I saw someone and that I was with S." (p. 513, lines 7-10).
The defendant was repeatedly asked why he lied during his interrogation with the police. However, he did not provide a satisfactory answer, when, according to him, the interrogators belittled and humiliated him. It should be emphasized that the accuser did not abandon the claim that the defendant was the one who actually showed contempt for the interrogators.