CHAIRPERSON
Now you know, you have referred me to page 53 of the record.  Page 53 of the record conveys to me that it is his Counsel, he says the further factor urged by your Counsel is that there was political violence in the area, there had been killings and burnings by youth league and so on.  There may be some truth in it because it appears that from the evidence, that you specifically chose as your victims, only young men etc.
	What I am trying to convey is that he did not give evidence to say that his offences were political, it was a submission made on his behalf by his Counsel.  The Court then goes on to say even if it were motivated by these crimes, by political issues, it is something which this Court cannot and will not condone.
	The point really is that at no stage had he told the Court that he had committed these crimes for political reasons, it is his Counsel who advanced that point.