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The court has heard Brehmer initially claimed Mrs Parry stabbed him but today he claimed 'that was just semantics' and he meant to say 'she made me stab me'.

Although Turkey initially claimed to simply be complying with the ICC ruling, it quickly transpired that it was trying to the $1.5 billion compensation payment and to a second arbitration with Iraq on unauthorized oil flows since 2018.

Besse initially claimed she was wrongfully laid off and that her employer owed her $5,000 in unpaid wages and severance pay.

But at that stage, gardaí had yet to gather all the video footage, and the teen initially claimed “he did not assault anybody,” the court heard.

Christian religious officials initially claimed they found remains of a fifth-century church, but following Israel’s capture of the territory, archeologists confirmed they had, in fact, located the ancient synagogue.

During police interviews he initially claimed to have no memory of the incident because he had been taking Diazepam for several days.

Minter initially claimed that when Scott came home from school, he was agitated and started screaming, police sources said at the time.

The killer, who is known as Wat, confessed to murdering Ben but initially claimed to know nothing of Suraphltchaya Khamsa’s where-abouts.

Although Ashley brought her daughter outside, she initially claimed Blu was not in the house.

Escudero, who received the vote of 14 other senators to replace Zubiri, initially claimed he had no prior knowledge of the move to oust his colleague.

Her owner Dazie Howe had initially claimed her pet had been euthanised at a veterinary practice and then reappeared in the crate outside her property, before later changing her recollection to say Joey had died of a seizure.

In a police interview, the pair initially claimed someone at the demonstration 'who was not known to them' had stuck the images to their backs, before admitting they had attached them themselves.

Members of South Korea's national ski team were involved in the head-on crash between two vehicles on Wednesday, August 21, which initially claimed the lives of three people.

Police initially claimed her death may have occurred during a robbery, but it was uncertain if and what was taken from the house up to late yesterday.

Police initially claimed they launched their rescue boat and retrieved a group of men from the water.

Sentamu initially claimed his name was “John”, but he was quickly identified by his Oyster card.

Magda initially claimed Kim was confused about the content of the advert, as she had no idea what netball was.

Soron station house officer (SHO) Ripudaman Singh said, “During interrogation, the accused initially claimed to be Anamika Singh, daughter of Subhas Singh.

The president initially claimed that two US pharmaceutical companies had vaccines ready, then when asked to clarify named three – Johnson & Johnson, Moderna and Pfizer.

An IDF spokesman initially claimed one of the men killed, Rasmi Abu Malhous, was an Islamic Jihad commander.