During the hearing, the author's defence attorney repeated his objection to the extradition and pointed out that it was neither normal nor common for a requesting State to submit further extradition requests concurrently to back up the first one.
وفي 24 كانون الثاني/يناير 2003، استمعت محكمة المقاطعة إلى 13 شاهداً لم يؤكد أي منهم رواية الضحية سوى والديه.