A former Army corporal has said former colleagues lied about using unofficial physical punishments on soldiers.

John Edwards told the inquest of Gavin Williams, 22, from Hengoed, Caerphilly county, he was unaware disciplinary rules had changed when he carried out part of the young soldier's beasting.
Pte Williams died from heart failure at Lucknow Barracks in Tidworth, Wiltshire, on 3 July 2006.
Cpl Edwards said he questioned the extent of Pte Williams's punishment.
He told the inquest in Salisbury, Wiltshire, he had followed orders to march Pte Williams until he was "panting like a dog" as punishment for disobedience and a series of drunken incidents.
The inquest was told that in January 2005, new disciplinary rules, known as AGAI 67, were brought in by the Army.
Coroner Alan Large said using physical drills as a punishment was not within the AGAI rules, but Cpl Edwards said he was not aware of that at the time.
He asked Cpl Edwards what he thought about claims from higher ranking Army personnel that physical drills were not being used as punishment at the time.
"I would say certain people within that area are lying," he replied.
Mr Large said: "Are you able to recall either of those regimental sergeant majors giving you direct orders after January 2005 to carry out these quick sharp unofficial punishments?"
"Yes sir," he said, but could not provide an example when asked.
Cpl Edwards said he followed orders to march Pte Williams until he was "panting like a dog" but planned not to be out long because it was a very hot day and it "would not be fair".
After writing letter of apology for his drunken behaviour, Pte Williams was told to do further physical training (PT) sessions by Sgt Russell Price.
Cpl Edwards said he queried Sgt Price's order, asking: "are you sure", but Pte Williams was still taken to the gym.
He said it was not his decision to order Pte Williams to carry out a second round of exercise.
"I'm not a monster," he said.
Cpl Edwards, Sgt Price and Sgt Paul Blake were cleared of manslaughter at Winchester Crown Court in 2008.
The hearing continues.


A man has appeared in court charged in connection with an armed robbery at a post office in Cumbria.

Mark Mercer, 47, of Toll Bar Houses, Workington, is accused of taking ??1,530 from Maryport Post Office on Monday as well as several firearms offences.
No pleas were entered during a brief hearing at Carlisle Magistrates' Court and Mr Mercer was remanded in custody.
A 24-year-old woman also arrested in connection with the raid has been released on bail until 14 March.


The descent into Paro by plane, which has to navigate a mountainside, is not for the faint-hearted.

William and Kate are entering a once-isolated land.
Tourists could only visit from the 1970s; TV was introduced in the 1990s; and this former absolute monarchy became a constitutional one with an elected government in 2008.
Bhutan is a Buddhist country with an emphasis on gross national happiness rather than its gross domestic product.
However, the country's prime minister has acknowledged that this much-lauded concept can be overused, and can mask the kingdom's problems with debt, unemployment and poverty.
For two days the Cambridges will be guests of a young king and queen that are held in high regard by its subjects.
They'll learn how Bhutan - which once revelled in its remoteness - is now facing the challenge of how to retain its Buddhist traditions while also embracing the modern world.


World number one Novak Djokovic began his US Open campaign with victory over Poland's Jerzy Janowicz - despite the Serb requiring treatment to his arm.

Djokovic, who has struggled with a wrist injury, won 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-1 after calling the trainer in the first set.
Spanish fourth seed Rafael Nadal beat Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin 6-1 6-4 6-2.
Germany's Angelique Kerber, seeded second in the women's draw, led Polona Hercog 6-0 1-0 when the Slovenian succumbed to leg cramps.
Djokovic had spoken ahead of his opening match about the left wrist injury that has hampered him since the Olympics, but it was the right arm that appeared to be troubling the Serb against Janowicz.
He called a medical timeout after the fifth game to allow the trainer to work on his elbow and upper arm, but promptly broke the Janowicz serve on his way to the first set.
A wildly uneven display from both men saw Janowicz level at one set all after Djokovic double-faulted and blazed a forehand wide, shaking his right arm in apparent discomfort.
The defending champion began the second set serving at below 90mph but Janowicz was too inconsistent to take advantage, and Djokovic eventually ran out a comfortable winner - at least in terms of the scoreline.
He goes on to face Jiri Vesely in round two - the Czech who beat him in Monte Carlo earlier this year.
On calling for the medical timeout, the Serb said: "It was just prevention. It's all good. It's getting better and better each day.
"Hopefully as the tournament progresses, I'll reach my peak.
"There are periods when you're not feeling 100% but I don't think it's necessary to talk about this now. I'm just glad to come through this day and let's keep on moving."
There was an early shock in the men's draw as Britain's Kyle Edmund upset French 13th seed Richard Gasquet 6-2 6-2 6-3.
John Isner, the 20th seed, almost followed Gasquet out of the tournament but the American came back from two sets down to beat 18-year-old compatriot Frances Tiafoe 3-6 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 7-6 (7-3).
"It hurts, it hurts a lot," said Tiafoe, who served for the match in the fifth set. "Especially not getting over the line."
Nadal, who missed the French Open and Wimbledon with a wrist injury, said after his win: "The most important thing is that I am here in New York. Injuries are part of the career. I had a hard time this year."
Women's third seed Garbine Muguruza of Spain avoided an upset as she fought back to beat Belgian Elise Mertens 2-6 6-0 6-3.
Olympic champion Monica Puig was beaten in her first match since winning gold in Rio, going down 6-4 6-2 to China's Zheng Saisai.
Australian Open champion Kerber made it through to round two without dropping a game, as she looks to land a second major title and end Serena Williams' 185-week run at the top of the rankings.
Kerber, 28, came within one match win of toppling the American eight days ago in Cincinnati, and Muguruza and Agnieszka Radwanska also have a chance to do so in New York.
"To be one day number one, I think this is a goal from everybody, especially also for me," said Kerber.
"But I will not put too much pressure on myself because I know that when I put the pressure on, I'm not playing my tennis then."
Gael Monfils overcame Luxembourg's Gilles Muller - and a close encounter with an on-court scoreboard - to progress to round two.
The Frenchman, seeded 10th, won 6-4 6-2 7-6 (7-5) to take his summer hard-court record to an impressive 15-2.
However, he almost came a cropper when he collided with a courtside clock on court 17, causing it to topple over and break.
"When you are in the moment you don't feel really anything," said Monfils. "Just jump. I saw a wall, but it was quite lucky."
American Madison Keys overcame compatriot Alison Riske in a closely-fought match to reach round two.
The match, which finished 4-6 7-6 6-2,  is officially the latest finish to a women's singles match at the US Open having concluded at 01:49 local time.
Having won the first set, Riske was a break up in the second set tiebreak before eighth seed Keys began to take control.
"I looked up and it's almost 2am so who wants to go party," Keys told Eurosport.
"To be honest my party is going to be a protein shake and then sleep but everyone else can party for me."
Russell Fuller, BBC tennis correspondent:
"Djokovic voiced concern about the strength of his left wrist last week, but it was his right arm which needed on court treatment just five games into the defence of his title. He stretched out his arm at regular intervals, and looked in some discomfort.
"The world number one struggled at times with his serve and was frequently erratic, but still comfortably good enough to win a match against a man who has just returned from a six-month injury lay-off.
"He gave very little away in his post-match interview, preferring instead to look ahead and point out the importance of peaking at the end of the fortnight."


Chesterfield have signed versatile midfielder Jordan Flores on a season-long loan from League One club Wigan.

The 21-year-old, who can also play in defence, returns to League Two with the Spireites, having helped Blackpool win promotion from the division while on loan at Bloomfield Road last season.
He scored in his only appearance for Wigan this term, in a 2-1 win over Blackpool in the League Cup.
Flores is reunited with former Latics manger Gary Caldwell at Chesterfield.
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National League side Aldershot Town have signed Chelsea defender Dion Conroy on loan until January 2017.

The 20-year-old centre-back is yet to make his debut for the Blues but has been a regular for the club's under-21 side over the last two seasons.
"Dion has to force his way into the side but this move will be good for his development," Shots manager Garry Waddock said.
"The physical demands of the league will be a learning curve for him."
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David Cameron has spoken of the "peace" and "guidance" he finds in his Christian faith.

In a rare comment on his religious beliefs, the prime minister stressed the importance of teaching children about the religious aspects of Easter.
He told BBC Radio Norfolk he wanted Nancy, Arthur and Florence to understand that the festival was more than just "chocolate eggs".
It comes as Downing Street released Mr Cameron's Easter message on YouTube.
In it, he says: "Easter is not just a time for Christians across our country to reflect, but a time for our whole country to reflect on what Christianity brings to Britain."
He speaks of the "countless acts of kindness" carried out every day across the UK by "those who believe in and follow Christ".
"The heart of Christianity is to 'love thy neighbour' and millions do really live that out," he added, praising Alpha courses run in prisons and the "spirit" shown by those who had helped rescue residents during the winter storms across southern England.
By Chris MasonPolitical correspondent, BBC News
There is something about political leaders and their aides being asked about their Christianity that leads to memorable soundbites.
Or perhaps it is because it is a topic they often avoid and so any reference to it is remembered.
Tony Blair's former spin doctor Alastair Campbell was once reported to have batted away a question to the then PM about his faith by saying: "We don't do God."
And David Cameron, when he was leader of the opposition, borrowed a Boris Johnson analogy to compare his belief to the signal of a London radio station in the Chilterns.
In other words, a bit patchy.
Intriguingly, that signal seems rather clearer now.
Three times this week the prime minister has talked with conviction about his faith and what he believes Christianity brings to the UK.
It's a message from an instinctively "county Tory", a Conservative from a rural background, that will appeal to the party heartlands; where some feel bruised by what they see as liberal, metropolitan concerns such as gay marriage.
He said the government had increased funding for the Near Neighbours programme, which encourages members of different faith groups in the inner cities to work together on "social action" projects.
Mr Cameron held a reception for Christian leaders in Downing Street on Wednesday, following a day dominated by the resignation of Culture Secretary Maria Miller after a row over her expenses.
"The Bible tells us to bear one another's burdens. After the day I've had I'm definitely looking for volunteers," he told the gathering.
According to reports on the Bloomberg news service, the prime minister made no reference to gay marriage, a policy overseen by Mrs Miller but which threatened to damage his government's relationship with the Church of England, in his comments.
Instead, he thanked churches for the work they did with the poor and urged them to speak up for Christians suffering persecution around the world.
He said his "moments of greatest peace" occurred every other Thursday morning, when he attended Eucharist at St Mary Abbots, the west London church linked to the school his children attend.
"I find a little bit of peace and hopefully a bit of guidance," he added.
Mr Cameron is said to have referred to Jesus Christ as "our saviour" during the talk.
In an interview with BBC Norfolk on Thursday, Mr Cameron said he and his children mulled over "what Easter is all about" as they ate breakfast that morning.
"I was very impressed with their knowledge about Good Friday and Easter Sunday," he said.
"We had a bit of a conversation about that, (that) it wasn't about chocolate eggs.
"That was one of the themes at breakfast in the Cameron household."
In 2009, Mr Cameron told BBC One's Songs of Praise: "I believe in God and I'm a Christian and I worship - not as regularly as I should - but I go to church.
"Do I drop to my knees and ask for guidance whenever an issue comes up? No, I don't. But it's part of who I am."
British politicians have traditionally shied away from talking about their own religious beliefs in public, an attitude summed up by Tony Blair's former spin doctor Alastair Campbell, who in 2003 was reported to have said: "We don't do God."
Mr Blair was received into the Roman Catholic faith after leaving office and set up a Faith Foundation to promote better understanding between religious groups around the world.


The Pittsburgh Penguins retained the NHL's Stanley Cup with a 4-2 series win over the Nashville Predators.

A 2-0 victory in Nashville sealed the best-of-seven series as they claimed the trophy for a fifth time in six final appearances.
Patric Hornqvist gave the Penguins the lead with 95 seconds left, and Carl Hagelin scored into an empty net.
Victory meant they became the first team to retain the title since the Detroit Red Wings in 1998.
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was named the most valuable player of the series for the second consecutive year.
"A good chunk of the team were returning but for the new guys it's pretty special," said Crosby.
"This was our goal at the beginning of the year - we knew it hadn't been done in a long time. To be able to accomplish it is a great feeling."


Government forces are battling rebels for control of a strategically important town in southern Syria.

An army statement said troops and militiamen were advancing into Sheikh Miskeen on several fronts and had reached the main square.
Opposition activists said there were fierce clashes around the town and a heavy bombardment by Russian aircraft.
The government's offensive is the first in the south since Russia launched air strikes in support three months ago.
The region is the last where secular and nationalist rebel factions still hold substantial territory, and Sheikh Miskeen lies on one of the main routes from Damascus to the city of Deraa and the Jordanian border.
The army said on Wednesday afternoon that troops had taken control of eastern and northern parts of Sheikh Miskeen and reached the town's main square.
Earlier, a military source told the state news agency, Sana, that "terrorist organisations" inside Sheikh Miskeen had suffered heavy losses in the past two days and had started moving their operations centre to nearby Nawa.
The Local Co-ordination Committees, an opposition activist network, reported that there had been fighting around Sheikh Miskeen on Wednesday between rebels and advancing government forces, which it said were backed by Russian warplanes.
Russia's defence ministry has confirmed it carried out air strikes in Deraa province on Monday and Tuesday, but not whether they were in the Sheikh Miskeen area.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group that monitors the conflict in the country, said earlier that Russian air strikes in Syria had killed 2,371 people, including 792 civilians, since they started on 30 September.
Among the combatants killed were 924 rebels and 655 militants of so-called Islamic State (IS), which Russia says it is targeting along with "other terrorist groups".
On Tuesday, the US expressed concern at the "marked and troubling" increase in reports of civilian casualties in Syria since the start of the Russian air campaign.
The accounts of activists and non-governmental organisations suggested Russian attacks had "killed hundreds of civilians, including first responders" and "hit medical facilities, schools and markets", state department spokesman Mark Toner said.
Last week, Russia rejected allegations by Amnesty International that it had used cluster munitions and unguided bombs on civilian areas.
Syria's government and a US-led multinational coalition against IS are also conducting air strikes in Syria.
More than 250,000 people have been killed since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad erupted in Deraa in March 2011. Eleven million others have been driven from their homes.


Three brothers have completed a 90-mile (145km) nine-day swimming challenge along Cumbria's River Eden.

Jack, Calum and Robbie Hudson have become the first siblings to swim the entire river course from the source at Mallerstang to the Solway Firth.
They were raising money for the Swimming Trust and completed the last leg at Port Carlisle on Sunday.
Calum Hudson, 25, said the final few days were made harder after he contracted an ear infection.
The trio trained for eight months for the challenge.
Calum, who lives in London, said: "I thought the hardest thing was getting up early and putting on a cold wet suit. But then I got a really bad ear infection about two days ago.
"So I found out that the combination of earache and spending 10 hours a day in cold river water were my two least favourite things."
Before the start, brother Jack, 23, who lives in Newcastle, said completing the swim with his brothers would be an "incredible achievement".
Robbie, 27, who lives in Berlin, added that the course had been "a challenge".
The brothers were all born in Yorkshire, but grew up in the Cumbrian village of Langwathby,


Northampton's Louis Picamoles says the style of play in the Premiership will make him a better player.

The France international, 30, is one of a number of high-profile recruits to England's top division this season.
And the number eight is looking forward to the quicker pace of the Premiership compared to the French Top 14.
"Maybe it is more physical in France, but here all teams want to play a fast game, and this is good for my progression," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
The former Toulouse player, who has 54 caps, has made the unusual step of moving from France to England at the peak of his career.
And he feels his move may start a trend of players joining Premiership clubs rather than staying in the Top 14.
"In France we see that the English teams are more competitive than before, and we have seen that in the Champions Cup," he added.
"So with a lot of foreign stars [in the Top 14], maybe more French players will want to try this experience in England. I think the English league is growing.
"It's a big change for me and my family, but we are very much enjoying starting a new life and a new adventure."
Picamoles has also welcomed the difference in scheduling between the two leagues, with the later start in the Premiership campaign resulting in a longer pre-season for the players.
"In England it is better for players," he continued. "It's the first time I have had a big pre-season to prepare for the season, and it's very good for me and my body.
"It's a big problem in France, it is very dangerous for the players' body and head. Maybe fewer teams in the championship (Top 14) and fewer matches is the solution for France."


Voting is taking place in a historic referendum on whether the UK should remain a member of the European Union or leave.

A record 46,499,537 people are entitled to take part, according to provisional figures from the Electoral Commission.
Polling stations will close at 22:00 BST with counting throughout the night.
It is only the third nationwide referendum in UK history and comes after a four-month battle for votes between the Leave and Remain campaigns.
In common with other broadcasters, the BBC is limited in what it can report while polls are open but you can follow the results as they come in across the BBC after polls close on Thursday evening.
The referendum ballot paper asks the following question: "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?"
Whichever side gets more than half of all votes cast is considered to have won.
The weather forecast for polling day is mixed.
There have been thunderstorms in London and south-east England which caused flooding overnight.
Kingston upon Thames Council in south west London has moved two polling stations after they were inundated with water.
Sunshine and heavy showers are forecast for Northern Ireland and Scotland but it is set to be drier and brighter elsewhere.
After the referendum polls close, sealed ballot boxes will be collected and transported to the count venue for each of the 382 local counting areas.
These represent all 380 local government areas in England, Scotland and Wales, plus one each for Northern Ireland and Gibraltar.
From 22:00 BST, there will be comprehensive coverage on the BBC News website and app with live text and video streaming, reaction and analysis from BBC editors and others. There will also be an up-to-the-minute full results service and details of all local results.
BBC One, the BBC News Channel and BBC Parliament will broadcast a results show hosted by David Dimbleby alongside BBC experts and special guests from 21:55 BST. Coverage continues through the night and Sophie Raworth, Andrew Neil and Victoria Derbyshire pick up the coverage on Friday morning.
The results programme will be streamed internationally on the BBC News website from 22:00 BST.
BBC Radio 5 live will have coverage as the results come in, as will Radio 4 from 23:00 BST until the Today programme picks up at 06:00 BST on Friday.
From 22:00 GMT, television viewers outside the UK can tune in via BBC World News and BBC World News America. Listeners outside the UK can tune into BBC World Service radio for regular updates.
Referendum night - what to watch out for
Results from these areas will then be declared throughout the night, along with result totals from 11 nations and regions.
Depending on how close the poll is, the result may become clear before the final national result is officially declared by the Chief Counting Officer, who will be based at Manchester Town Hall.
The Electoral Commission estimates a final result "around breakfast time" on Friday.
The last nationwide referendum took place five years ago, when voters rejected an attempt to change the way MPs are elected.
The first one was in 1975, when the country was asked whether the UK should continue to be a member of what was then called the European Economic Community.


A new Â£18m roller coaster at Alton Towers has closed after wheels fell off and hit four people in the front carriage.

A spokeswoman said some "small guide wheels" came off The Smiler as it was being pulled up an incline.
Kevin Hayes-Heath, who was in the carriage with his partner Wayne, said the incident was "pretty frightening".
Debris hit him on the shoulder and his partner in the face. A teenage girl and her father were also hit, he said.
"You are at the highest point of the ride and you've got all these loops to do and you just think that the carriage is going to come off," Mr Hayes-Heath said.
"We were shouting at them to stop the ride because they were about to send another party off."
Alton Towers said the ride completed its circuit and no evacuation was required.
A spokeswoman confirmed that plastic guide wheels were flicked onto a teenager and three adults in the front row of the train.
The rest of the guide wheels were caught by safety netting, she added.
The injured people were looked after by park staff and did not need treatment by the ambulance service, the spokeswoman said.
The park said an investigation would be carried out into Saturday's incident to decide when the ride could re-open.
The 14-loop Smiler was shut for four days on 21 July after a piece fell off the track, and 48 people had to be rescued.
It closed again in August for five days due to a "technical issue".
The ride, which opened in May, includes a drop of 30m (98ft).
The spokeswoman said: "We have very stringent safety procedures on all of our rides including CCTV so the ride was stopped immediately by the rides team.
"All of our rides and attractions are expected to meet extremely high standards, technologically, mechanically and in terms of the end experience, and a full investigation is on going before we determine whether to re-open the ride.
"We are sorry for any disappointment the ride's temporary closure caused our visitors but the health and safety of all of our visitors is our absolute priority."


More than 1,600 fish have died in a Somerset river polluted with slurry, the Environment Agency has said.

Large numbers of fish were spotted "in distress or dying" in the River Frome last week.
The agency said slurry released from a farm had reduced water oxygen levels to 2%. They would normally be above 90%.
Ian Withers, from the agency, said: "We're pretty confident that all of the fish in about four or five miles of the river were killed."
The agency said it had received a number of reports of a "large fish kill" in the River Frome on 12 May.
It is investigating how slurry from the farm ended up in the water and was "currently collating all of the evidence" before deciding its "enforcement response".
Some 1,600 trout, bream and pike were counted by fisheries officers who worked to restore oxygen levels in the river.
But with "many more" fatalities either washed downstream or eaten by wildlife, Mr Withers said it was a "conservative estimate".
"There were certainly more than that, but we will work with the farm - the source of the slurry - to make sure we know what happened, that we've identified the exact cause and make sure that it won't happen again," he said.
The pollution is being treated as a category one incident - the most serious - by the agency.


Repairs to a Liverpool bombed out church will be completed two years ahead of schedule.

The Grade II* listed building, on the corner of Leece Street and Berry Street, was damaged in a 1941 air raid.
A survey found St Luke's Church needed to be made safe following damage caused by winter storms last year.
Liverpool City Council approved further phases to be completed by November subject to a funding grant to ensure repairs are "cost effective".
It would also prevent disruption to events that would be held in the church.
The council is awaiting final approval for a £350,000 grant from Historic England.
The first £150,000 phase to repair crumbling stonework, currently being held up by metal supports, is under way.
Full restoration work valued at £500,000 includes work to the tower, masonry, low-level stonework, a roof to be put on to the church tower and decorative stonework.
The council - who will retain freehold of the site - is expected to appoint an operator to run the venue in the summer.


A man accused of murdering a former Mr Scotland bodybuilder admitted stabbing him, a trial has heard.

Witness Fraser Reid told the High Court in Glasgow that Steven Kirkwood said: "It all kicked off. I set about him...I think I've killed him."
Mr Kirkwood is accused of killing 44-year-old Michael O'Hanlon in July 2016.
He denies the charge and attempting to defeat the ends of justice by disposing of a knife. He has also lodged a special defence of self-defence.
Fraser Reid told the trial that on 25 July last year he was in the Muscle Junction shop in Wellmeadow Street in Paisley when the accused walked in.
The jury was told that the shop is owned by Steven Kirkwood's stepson Derek Kirkwood.
The witness said that at the time, Mr Kirkwood was shaking and distressed.
He added: "He mentioned that he had been fighting with Musk. He gave Derek a cuddle and said: 'I think I've killed him.'"
The court has already heard that Michael O'Hanlon had been known by the nickname Musk.
Mr Reid, 23, said that the accused also asked for a set of clothes identical to the jeans, dark T-shirt and Timberland boots he was wearing, and money.
Prosecutor Richard Goddard put it to the witness: "So Steven Kirkwood had admitted he had been fighting with Michael O'Hanlon?"
The prosecutor then added: "He said it all kicked off, said he had stabbed Musky, asked you for a change of clothing and asked his stepson Derek for money and said he thought he killed him, is that the truth?"
The witness replied: "Yes."
He was then asked about a weapon.
Mr Goddard said: "Did Mr Kirkwood say that the blade was in the car?"
Mr Reid said: "Yes."
The trial also heard testimony from former world's strongest man competitor, Forbes Cowan.
He told the court that he had know Michael O'Hanlon for 30 years.
Mr Cowan described how he had been asked to go with Mr O'Hanlon to meet Steven Kirkwood at AK Autotek in Stevenston on 25 July 2016, the day he died.
Mr Cowan told the court that he had been aware of difficulties between the pair and that their intention had been to "talk them out".
Mr Cowan was asked by prosecutor Goddard: "Did you take any weapons with you?"
The witness replied: "No."
He said the accused had been "aggressive" and said it looked as though he and Mr O'Hanlon were punching each other.
Mr Cowan added: "It looked as if he was punching Michael a few times with his right hand."
When asked where the blows came into contact, he replied: "The torso."
Mr Cowan said he saw his friend leave the garage office first, but that as he looked into the office, he saw Mr Kirkwood with a knife in his right hand.
He said of Michael O'Hanlon: "He wasn't in a good state. I was speaking to him and keeping an eye on Steven Kirkwood, who was still holding the knife."
Prosecutor Goddard asked: "Did Mr Kirkwood do anything to assist?"
Mr Cowan answered: "Nothing. He just stood there with the knife in his right hand. He just stood looking at Michael for three or four minutes then he left the office and walked out."
Mr Cowan told the jury he saw four injuries on both sides of Mr O'Hanlon's abdomen, on his left shoulder and under his left arm and added: "There could have been one to his right shoulder."
He added: "I thought he was breathing, but it was just air coming from his lungs.'
Under cross-examination by defence QC Derek Ogg, Mr Cowan denied a suggestion that Michael O'Hanlon had been armed with a pick axe handle.
Mr Ogg said that the accused had received three injuries that could have been caused by the tip of a knife.
He asked the witness: "Did you see anything that might caused injuries to Mr Kirkwood?"
Mr Cowan replied: "The only knife was the one he had in his hand."
The QC then said: "Could it be you are standing lying in court to protect the memory of your friend?"
The witness answered: "Definitely not."
The trial before Lady Rae continues.


A six-year-old girl's "catastrophic" head injuries could not have been caused by an accidental fall, as claimed by her father, a court heard.

Paramedics found Ellie Butler lying beside a low child's stool at her home in Sutton, south-west London.
Her father Ben Butler claims she fell, but the prosecution said her injuries were caused by being thrown against a wall or hit with a "blunt weapon".
The 36-year-old denies murder and a separate charge of child cruelty.
At the Old Bailey, prosecutor Ed Brown QC said a post-mortem examination revealed the child suffered skull fractures from at least two severe impacts.
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He said the doctor who carried out the examination and a neurological pathologist agreed her injuries were unlikely to have been caused by an accidental fall.
A third expert, a forensic pathologist, believed Ellie's major head injury was "the result of one or more very forceful blunt impacts, arising through being thrown against a wall or the ground, or struck with a heavy blunt weapon", the court heard.
"A domestic accident could not have given rise to these complex, catastrophic and rapidly fatal injuries," Mr Brown added.
The court has heard how Ellie's parents, Mr Butler and Jennie Gray, summoned an ambulance two hours after her injuries were believed to have been caused.
Mr Butler and Ms Gray, also 36, deny child cruelty over an untreated broken shoulder Ellie suffered weeks before her death.
Ms Gray has admitted perverting the course of justice.
Mr Brown told jurors it was a "distressing case" of a father accused of murdering his daughter and failing to seek medical help for her earlier injury.
Ms Gray had been "determined and persistent" in trying to protect him by hiding and destroying evidence, he said.
On the day of Ellie's death, on 28 October 2013, Mr Butler and Ms Gray exchanged a series of phone calls and texts, records show.
He tried to call her at her office at 12:46 but reached a voicemail message and sent a text asking her to "answer".
Her colleague Tracey Bernstein said in a statement that the way Ms Gray got up and left the office was "just not right".
Another former workmate, Victoria Harris, said she had seen Ms Gray looking "agitated" on the phone. "It did appear to me it was more than just a secret conversation," she added.
Minutes later Ms Gray was caught on CCTV dashing out of her office, near the Old Bailey.
She sent a text to her manager to say she had left for home as she was "feeling unwell".
But taxi driver Derek Greenwood, who drove her back to Sutton, overheard her on her mobile phone saying loudly "you have done what?", "you have gone where?" and "you're joking".
The court also heard from their neighbour, Lucy Jackson who recalled hearing arguments and a raised male voice coming from their home.
Jurors have previously been told that Mr Butler has had a conviction for assaulting Ellie as a baby quashed. Her parents then won a High Court ruling to return her to the family from foster care.
The trial continues.


Karen Carney scored a hat-trick as England put the spring back into their European Championship qualifying campaign with an easy win over Serbia.

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Having failed to inspire in three previous qualifiers, a new-look side were rejuvenated with Alex Greenwood's angled finish earning an early goal.
Carney's penalty and Rachel Daly's debut goal sealed a 3-0 half-time lead.
Ellen White and Izzy Christiansen made it 5-0 before Carney scored twice from close range against the poor visitors.
Serbia, who played their last qualifier in November and are 41 places below England at 45 in the world rankings, looked unfit and barely got into the England half, let alone carved out a chance.
But after four goals in their last six matches, Mark Sampson's Lionesses rediscovered their goalscoring touch and entertained a 5,503 crowd at Wycombe's Adams Park with an added pace to their passing and movement.
The victory puts them within a point of Group Seven leaders Belgium, with England having a game in hand, and should they beat Serbia again on Tuesday it will guarantee a runners-up spot in the group.
Eight group winners and six runners-up will earn a place at Euro 2017 in the Netherlands next summer. The other two group runners-up will go into a play-off for the last remaining place at the finals.
Daly made her England debut after some impressive displays in the United States for Houston Dash, and the Harrogate-born striker was one of several new faces in the side.
Both the 24-year-old and White started instead of regular strikers Eniola Aluko and Toni Duggan, who were left out of the squad, and both grasped their opportunities.
Notts County striker White was making her first start since England's World Cup third-place play-off win against Germany last July and wasted little time in making her mark by hitting the post early on and winning Carney's first-half penalty.
She then selflessly set up Daly, who made no mistake from close range, and capitalised on poor Serbian defending to score her first goal since 2013.
Christiansen also offered added industriousness in midfield after returning from an ankle injury to score her second England goal.
And Nikita Parris, who replaced Daly to also make her England debut, almost scored with her first touch before causing havoc as the scoreline became embarrassing for the visitors.
Having scored 52 goals in their 10 qualifying games for last year's World Cup, England have been through a lean spell recently, managing just three goals in their last three Euro 2017 qualifiers after beating Estonia 8-0 last September.
After Greenwood found the bottom corner for England's best goal from Fara Williams' cute pass, Carney helped end that run, albeit a little untidily, as two of her three goals were bundled home in the second half.
As the Serbian defence failed to clear a corner, the Chelsea midfielder poked in from a yard out and then took advantage of an attempted Serbian clearance as it fortuitously cannoned into the net off her foot.
Her smile afterwards told how little she knew about the goal, but her display and an improved performance brought back the cheer to the England side after a difficult period over the winter.
It also showed that Sampson has plenty of options with which to find the right blend in his squad as he attempts to lead England to next year's European Championship in the Netherlands.
Head coach Mark Sampson: "It was a pleasing performance. It is important to be clinical in front of goal and credit to the players. This week their attitude has been exceptional and they deserved this performance. You can feel it when we get the preparation right, so we are really pleased.
"It is important to score goals but it was another clean sheet as well. We stayed solid and organised and showed inventiveness in final third and also I have to say a special mention to the two debutants."
Midfielder Karen Carney: "It was special but I didn't really know much about two of the goals! I think we played really well and it was a good thing to get the Lionesses back on the map.
"I think we have found our rhythm of game well so we are excited for the next game."
England travel to Serbia on Tuesday for the away fixture, and a victory would take them above leaders Belgium and guarantee at least second place in the group.


Manchester United will not win a trophy this season, and the man heralded as the "Chosen One" on a banner in the Stretford End has made too many poor choices of his own.

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There's an art to not exposing the weaknesses of your team, which is always your first priority
Since taking charge of a side that won last season's Premier League title by 11 points, David Moyes has endured a miserable eight months.
Clubs so often happy to leave United with a narrow defeat have boarded their respective team buses with landmark victories, domestic cup hopes have ended and, after midweek defeat at Olympiakos, the Red Devils' European dreams are on the same path.
Moyes put his head in his hands as Robin van Persie ballooned a late chance over the bar in Greece. In truth, supporters could be forgiven for having done the same at a far earlier stage, such was the latest bland offering in a season in which one disappointment has quickly followed another.
I still believe Moyes is the man to lead United in what would always be a tricky post-Sir Alex Ferguson era. What I did not expect was for so much to go wrong so quickly.
Here are 10 Moyes mistakes at Manchester United:
One moment which stood out to me was his admission he did not substitute Robin van Persie in the home defeat by Newcastle because of the potential reaction from supporters. So what? He would have made the change at Everton. He was once fearless, but suddenly fearful. Fearful of a backlash.
Moyes should not care about what others think because he is at United because of his ability. He is good enough. He was the man chosen and now he has to believe in himself.
I have spent time with him and he is a passionate, hard-working man, but that will count for little if he does not start believing in himself a bit more.
This, I thought, would change. He was criticised at Everton for not beating the big clubs and, this season, in the head-to-head table of the league's top seven clubs, United sit bottom.
They have just one win in nine games against those sides and five defeats. It just is not good enough for a United team.
Moyes carries an inferiority in the big games and it is a big question mark. You can also point at the players, but couple a failure in big matches with the fact United will not win a trophy and not much has changed for Moyes since moving from Goodison Park.
A lack of conviction in the transfer market has been costly. He spent £65m on Marouane Fellaini and Juan Mata combined, but the big question mark is the failure to land Cesc Fabregas. He was the man Moyes wanted and would have gone some way to addressing the club's biggest on-field problem - midfield.
In their league appearances this season, Tom Cleverley, Michael Carrick, Shinji Kagawa, Marouane Fellaini and Darren Fletcher have not offered a single goal assist between them. Only Carrick and Cleverley have scored a goal.
Cesc Fabregas has created 12 goals in 27 appearances at Barcelona, scoring eight times.
Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Darren Fletcher, Shinji Kagawa and Fellaini have only scored two league goals between them this season and, incredibly, do not boast one goal assist. That is absolutely bizarre for a Manchester United midfield.
Moyes must have more conviction and be able to say 'these are my targets, we have to get them'. Sir Alex even drove to collect Dimitar Berbatov from an airport, he left no stone unturned in getting his man. Moyes has to buy more ruthlessly than he has so far.
Nemanja Vidic has had such influence at United on the field. A captain and a leader, I cannot understand why it was announced halfway through a season that a player of such standing will leave in the summer. It is a bizarre way to manage the situation and could have been handled far better.
In the aftermath, Moyes was stern when fielding questions on the departing defender and felt Vidic's character would prevent any lapse in form as his time at Old Trafford draws to a close.
I think he was their best player against Olympiakos, but if Vidic has a couple of bad games, people will say his mind is elsewhere. Players in the dressing room may say he is not on it, while some fans and media definitely will.
This is what baffles me with Moyes at United. At Everton, you could name the first XI most weeks. At United, he averages 3.5 changes each game - the most in the Premier League. That says to me he is still unsure of his first team and, so far into the season, that is not good.
He has to nail it down like he did at Everton because football players like the certainty that comes with knowing if and when they will play. Not knowing if you're going to be selected from one day to the next can be very unsettling.
I have played at Old Trafford and stood there as a red wave swarmed all over my team from the outset. Against United, you knew what was coming your way would be intense.
This year, United have rolled out the red carpet for some teams as West Brom won at the Theatre of Dreams for the first time in 35 years, Newcastle broke a 41-year-hoodoo, and Everton ended 21 years of winless visits.
Moyes has to be less cautious and send his side out to throttle teams from the off with the type of pressure that will get supporters off their seats - pressure they expect to see their side apply.
It has just not happened this year and 286 shots in the league - a lower tally than at this stage of any of the past five seasons - coupled with the fact they have fallen behind 13 times, underline the Red Devils' softer approach.
In his defence, Moyes has guided the side to 11 points from losing positions this term. Only Manchester City (14) boast more, so the never-say-die attitude is not dead yet.
"I didn't see it coming," is how Moyes responded to defeat at Olympiakos. Sir Alex Ferguson certainly saw the media coming when crisis loomed at Old Trafford and Moyes must learn the same media lessons as his predecessor, because there is no scrutiny like that at United.
"There's an art to not exposing the weaknesses of your team, which is always your first priority," said Ferguson. The former United boss would not "let a press conference become a torture chamber" - but Moyes has the look of a man who has.
His body language and demeanour is that of someone who wants to do interviews as quickly as he can and get out of there.
Sometimes he can be short and spiky, at other times he seems too honest. There is no consistency. Did he really need to say he did not want to take Van Persie off against Newcastle because of the possible reaction from fans? He has to put a game face on; the best managers can do that.
"I don't know what we have to do to win", said Moyes after the defeat at Stoke. He sounded like someone who has run out of answers. In my view, he does not have to convince anyone that he is good enough to be United manager, but managing the media is a skill he must improve.
Mike Phelan, Rene Meulensteen and Eric Steele had accumulated more than 20 years' experience with United's first team between them but left when Moyes took over in a move which surely he must now regret.
They would have helped him a great deal, so to lose those three was a big thing. Was Phil Neville ready to take on such a prominent role as part of the coaching team? I'm not sure. Steele said that jumping from Everton to United was like moving from Marks and Spencer to Harrods. Moyes wanted to be his own man and it has backfired.
After his side's shock draw at Old Trafford, then-Fulham manager Rene Meulensteen said United's desire to deliver crosses from wide "can be easy to play against".
I think Moyes wants to change the way they play and needs to do so, but to make adjustments you need the necessary personnel.
He has three players in Wayne Rooney, Kagawa and Mata all best served in the number 10 position, so if he plays with two strikers as United did for the most part under Ferguson - even in Champions League finals - he has to move these central players out wide.
At the moment, personnel dictates the way they are playing, but with fewer shots and lower average possession than any time in the past five years, something has to change because, for a United team, it is just not good enough.
Who is? I don't think anyone ever will be. You cannot fill his shoes.
Despite his stature, I go against common opinion that no manager would want to follow him. Moyes was right to take the job. The chance may never have come around again.
Winning the Treble is often cited as Sir Alex's defining moment, but to take this team - perhaps only a top-six side - and win the league last season was incredible. Moyes is trying to fill the void of a champion with a side which, under anyone other than Ferguson, may not have even been contenders.
He will never be Sir Alex, but he needs one more summer to see if he can build the squad to get back into the Champions League.
I honestly believe he is the right man and his tenure at Old Trafford is not all doom and gloom. Where there was once uncertainty over Rooney's future, the opposite is now true. In blooding Adnan Januzaj, Moyes has shown courage and an eye for talent.
In a club used to winning, however, these are small victories and whether Moyes is around to mastermind long-term success will rest upon a World Cup summer.
Can he spend the necessary £200m on talent wisely? Can he tighten his tactics, master the media and find comfort in his own skin on the Old Trafford touchline?
These are questions he must answer. It will be, without doubt, the biggest summer of his career and of Manchester United's recent history.


Florida wildlife officials are hunting for an 8-foot-long (2.4m) king cobra snake escaped from an Orlando home.

The venomous green-and-yellow snake has been missing since Wednesday, its owner told the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The owner is an "experienced snake handler" and has a permit to have the snake as a pet, said the commission's spokesman Greg Workman.
Local residents are warned not to get close to the snake.
The owner, Mike Kennedy, is an exotic animal dealer and star of the Discovery Channel reality show Airplane Repo.
He could face criminal charges for not alerting authorities about the escape immediately.
Officials are scanning the area surrounding the home in the search for the reptile, which is not native to Florida.
"Most likely no one is going to see it," Florida Fish and Wildlife captain Chris Roszkowiak said. "We believe it's going to stay on the property here."
His group is asking people to call an alert hotline if they spot the snake, but the escape has neighbours on edge.
"I'm going to go load my guns. Well, they're already loaded, but I'm going to have them ready for sure. I mean, that thing's big enough to take you down for sure," James McLeod told WESH, a local TV station.


A man who bit off half his friend's ear has been jailed for two years.

Connor Smith, 19, "turned" on work colleague Anil Jnagal during a night out on Birmingham's Broad Street, the city's crown court heard.
He was drunk and had cannabis before attacking Mr Jnagal, who had been trying to calm him down.
Smith admitted wounding and his barrister said he was remorseful but added "nothing is going to bring the complainant's ear back".
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Prosecutor Tariq Shakoor said Smith, of Summerlee Road, worked with Mr Jnagal, 25, at a branch of Harvester in Birmingham's Star City leisure complex.
He told the court the victim remembered Smith "turning on him" and the pair fell to the floor, where the defendant bit his ear.
The court heard reconstructive surgery was unlikely due to the nature of the injury.
Jonathan Barker, defending, said Smith was in an emotional state at the time of the attack due to the recent death of his aunt.
Sentencing, Judge Richard Bond, said: "All the victim did was to try and stop you being aggressive towards others.
"It ended up with you quite deliberately using your teeth as a weapon and you bit off a really large chunk. About half of his ear has completely disappeared.
"This is not something that happens in a millisecond - to bite through somebody's ear takes real determination and a real effort."


Tony Blair has said he feels "strongly" about the state of British politics and is considering whether there is a "role" for him in the future.

The former Labour prime minister told Esquire magazine he was concerned Britain had become a "one-party state".
He said the public faced a choice between a government pursuing a "hard Brexit" and an "ultra-left" Labour Party whose policies were out of date.
A spokesman for Mr Blair said he would not be returning to frontline politics.
Mr Blair merely wanted "to play a part in the debate because the true centre ground is vacant", the spokesman added.
He won three elections as prime minister after helping to transform Labour in the 1990s.
But his role in taking the UK to war in Iraq in 2003 alienated many in the Labour Party and the country at large and his conduct was criticised in this summer's official Chilcot inquiry into the war.
In the decade since leaving office in 2007, the former MP has focused on business ventures and his role as Middle East envoy - which he left in 2015.
Last month, the 63-year-old said he was winding down his consultancy business and focusing primarily on charity work.
This followed criticism of the lucrative contracts which he struck to advise multinational banks and foreign governments, including Kazakhstan.
Mr Blair, who has been critical of Labour's direction under Jeremy Corbyn, told Esquire that he was considering his own future and what role he could play at a turbulent time in British politics when the "centre ground" he represented was under threat.
"It's a tragedy for British politics if the choice before the country is a Conservative government going for a hard Brexit and an ultra-left Labour Party, that believes in a set of policies that takes us back to the 60s," he said.
"In the UK at the moment you've got a one-party state. When you put it all together, there's something seriously wrong.
"I don't know if there's a role for me... There's a limit to what I want to say about my own position at this moment. All I can say is that this is where politics is at. Do I feel strongly about it? Yes, I do. Am I very motivated by that? Yes.
"Where do I go from here? What exactly do I do? That's an open question."
He added: "There's been a huge reaction against the politics I represent. But I think it's too soon to say the centre has been defeated. Ultimately I don't think it will. I think it will succeed again.
"The centre ground is in retreat. This is our challenge. We've got to rise to that challenge."


An Italian marine accused of killing two Indian fishermen in 2012 will not return to India to face trial after being allowed home for medical treatment, an Italian senator has said.

Last year an Indian court granted Massimiliano Latorre a period of leave in Italy after he had heart surgery.
He was supposed to return to India by Friday, reports said.
Latorre and fellow marine Salvatore Girone are facing murder charges - the two are on bail pending trial.
"Massimiliano Latorre will not return to India, and furthermore, the possibility of asking for Salvatore Girone's return is being explored," said Nicola Latorre, president of the Senate Defence Committee, according to Italian media.
The Italian prime minister's office and the foreign ministry did not confirm or deny the senator's comments when contacted by Reuters.
The marines were guarding an Italian oil tanker when they opened fire, killing two men off the Kerala coast. The marines said they mistook the fishermen for pirates.
India has ruled out the possibility of a death penalty and of invoking the anti-piracy law to try the marines.
Italy has always insisted that as the shooting took place in international waters, the men should be tried in Italy.
In 2014, Delhi and Rome were involved in a bitter diplomatic row after Italy refused to send the marines back when they were allowed to go home to vote in the February 2013 elections.
The marines eventually returned to Delhi a month later.


Britain's David Haye continued his comeback with a second-round stoppage of Kosovo's Arnold Gjergjaj in London.

Former heavyweight world champion Haye, 35, dropped Gjergjaj three times before the referee waved the fight off.
Haye's next fight in September will be against American veteran Shannon Briggs, who knocked out Argentina's Emilio Zarate on the undercard.
Haye's ultimate aim is a match with either IBF champion Anthony Joshua or WBA and WBO champion Tyson Fury.
Fury having still not forgiven Haye for pulling out of two scheduled fights against him in 2013, Joshua is the more realistic target.
Manchester's Fury faces a rematch against Wladimir Klitschko on 9 July, while London's Joshua faces unbeaten American Dominic Breazeale on 25 June.
"I felt amazing," said Haye, who now has 28 wins (26 KOs) and two defeats from 30 professional contests.
"The fans have come out to see the future of heavyweight boxing. People thought I was the past, but I am still the future.
"Anthony Joshua is a fight I would relish. But next up for me is Shannon Briggs. He came over to England and talked a big game.
"I told him if he came over and beat someone I would fight him in September. Let's go chump, let's go chump."
Haye was out of the sport for three and a half years after undergoing shoulder surgery in 2013 but returned with a first-round knockout of Mark de Mori in January.
And he floored the unbeaten Gjergjaj with a right hand inside the first 30 seconds at the O2 arena, before dropping him with a left jab and a chopping right in the second.
Haye's Swiss-based opponent made it to his feet but referee Terry O'Connor had seen enough.
The 44-year-old Briggs, a former WBO world champion, lost world title challenges against Vitali Klitschko in 2010 and Britain's Lennox Lewis in 1998.
Briggs, who is now based in London, took four years out of the sport after the Klitschko defeat, during which he suffered from depression and ballooned to 400lb.
But he has won all nine fights since returning, including his latest one-round demolition of Zarate.
Haye has pledged to donate 10% of ticket sales for his latest fight to Nick Blackwell.
The 25-year-old Blackwell will not fight again after sustaining serious head injuries in his middleweight fight against Chris Eubank Jr in March.


Michael van Gerwen outclassed defending champion Gary Anderson to win his second PDC World Darts Championship.

The world number one won 7-3 at the Alexandra Palace in a match that contained 42 180s, a record for a single darts match.
Scotland's Anderson, winner in 2015 and 2016 broke the Van Gerwen throw to lead the favourite 2-1 after three sets.
But Van Gerwen won 12 of the next 13 legs and, despite an Anderson rally, the Dutchman hit bullseye to seal it.
Overall, Van Gerwen averaged 107.79, the best in a final since Phil Taylor beat Raymond van Barneveld in 2009.
"I feel absolutely over the moon," said the 27-year-old, who won his first title in 2014. "My average says it all.
"He put me under pressure and I missed a few doubles but I managed to come into the game.
"I've been working for this because it's the most important one. We all fight for this really hard and I'm really glad I did the right thing at the right moments because Gary is a phenomenal player."
180s thrown: 20 Van Gerwen, 22 Anderson
Average (3 darts): 107.79 Van Gerwen, 104.93 Anderson
Highest checkout: 125 Van Gerwen, 81 Anderson
Checkout percentage: 44.26% Van Gerwen, 37.78% Anderson
Checkouts 100+: 5 Van Gerwen, 0 Anderson
100+ thrown: 57 Van Gerwen, 47 Anderson
Anderson was looking to join Taylor and Eric Bristow as only the third man to win three successive world titles in either the PDC or BDO.
His average of 104.93 was better than in his 2015 final win over and 2016 defeat of Adrian Lewis.
He nailed 22 maximums to Van Gerwen's 20, but his checkout percentage of 37.78 was inferior to the number one seed's brilliant 44.26.
"It's well deserved for Michael, but I've had a good three years," said Anderson. "At 2-2 I just started to drop and got punished."
In winning a second title, Van Gerwen, who won 25 tournaments in 2016, becomes the fifth man to win multiple PDC world crowns since the organisation's first staging of its own tournament in 1994.
He first threw for the match at 6-2 up, but was interrupted by a spectator who invaded the stage and lifted the trophy.
Anderson went on to take that set, but Van Gerwen closed it out in the 10th to pick up the £350,000 prize money.
"I worked really hard for this all year through," he added. "I've got great support from my family and this means a lot to me. This feels phenomenal."
As two of the world's top four, Van Gerwen and Anderson automatically qualified for the Premier League, which begins in February, alongside Peter Wright and Lewis.
Taylor and Barneveld have been handed wildcards and are joined by James Wade, Dave Chisnall, Jelle Klaasen and Kim Huybrechts.


When Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram abducted more than 200 girls from a school in Chibok in April 2014, the world woke up to the brutality and strength of its insurgency.

Since it launched military operations in 2009 to create an Islamic state, the group has seized vast amounts of territory in the north-east of the country and caused a humanitarian crisis affecting some three million people, according to the country's officials.
In the run-up to Nigeria's elections on 14 February, Boko Haram has stepped up its attacks. There are also added fears that those living in areas controlled by the group will be unable to vote.
There are many factors that have enabled the rise of Islamic militancy in the country, but the blame for some falls on the Nigerian army. Three expert witnesses offer their insight as to whether this is correct, for the BBC World Service's The Inquiry.
Seventy soldiers face death by firing squad after being convicted in a military court of mutiny. Representing them is Femi Falana, one of Nigeria's top human rights lawyers, who explains how the circumstances surrounding the mutinies tell a story about why the army is failing.
"These are young men whose ages range between 21 and 24.
"They joined the army with little or no training. They were rerouted to the battlefront without arms and ammunition, or adequate weapons."
They were also frustrated, he explains, by "lack of payment of their salary and operational allowances, lack of adequate weapons and general neglect which were not attended to".
This frustration spilled over, he says, when 10 of their comrades "were killed in what the soldiers believed were avoidable circumstances". This coincided with the visit of the division's General Officer Commanding.
"In revolt, [some of] the soldiers protested and shot at his car," he explained. "The authorities decided to charge them for mutiny. Of course, they were tried and convicted and sentenced to death."
Just a few months later, the army had a more serious mutiny on its hands after Boko Haram killed 23 soldiers and wounded 182 by invading one of Nigeria's military camps in July 2014.
As a result, some soldiers refused to fight again until they received improved weaponry, given that promises had been made to adequately supply them in future.
When the improved ammunition later arrived, says Mr Falana, these same soldiers fought "gallantly" - but nevertheless found themselves "arrested and charged before a court martial for mutiny" for their earlier actions.
Mr Falana believes this is wrong: "You don't punish the soldiers... on account of the negligence of the government in not making weapons available."
But the programme's second guest Sambo Dasuki, Nigeria's national security advisor, explained why mutiny is taken so seriously.
"The military depends solely on strict discipline for survival. And mutiny is an indication of a complete breakdown of that discipline.
"The military law is clear. [The soldiers] who are condemned to death will go through the appeal process.
"At the end of the day, the president decides whether to approve [their deaths]."
Sambo Dasuki is a former colonel in the army, now advising President Goodluck Jonathan on how to defeat the insurgency, as Nigeria's national security adviser.
Mr Dasuki believes Nigeria compares favourably to other countries fighting Islamist militants.
"If you look at other insurgencies around the world and how long they've lasted, how much damage they've done, and how some of them are still raging 50 years later, you won't say [our army] has failed.
"I think [the rise of Boko Haram] is a new phenomenon they are faced with and they are adapting - not as fast as we would want - but they are adapting to the new challenge."
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But he admits there have been issues over "lack of training, and also lack of commitment on the part of some of those who join the army".
He believes many soldiers sign up because they are "looking for jobs - not because they are interested in careers in the military".
However, he disputes claims that the Nigerian army is ill-equipped for battle.
"Anybody who has seen the amount of equipment [Boko Haram] has displayed as having been seized from the Nigerian military will not agree that the soldiers were outgunned.
"They have sufficient [weaponry] to confront the threat as it is," he explains.
But one way that "certainly could help" the situation, he says, is if Nigeria could buy more advanced weaponry from Western allies like the US and the UK.
The problem is that previous attempts have "hit brick walls here and there".
Asked why, he says: "There were all sorts of excuses. All of a sudden there was an issue of our human rights records... I don't know what sort of standards [our critics] are using."
The campaign group Amnesty International has previously said it has seen "gruesome footage" from its fight against Boko Haram, including alleged members of the military slitting the throats of detainees.
Col James Hall is a retired officer, and former adviser to the Nigerian military.
"There are massive challenges facing [the army], and if one just gets sanctimonious and preaches to them then they justifiably get pretty fed up - particularly in the military, because they are dying in large numbers.
"Now, that is not to say that the military are doing a good job, because I don't think anybody reasonably could argue that they are. They've got it badly wrong.
"Boko Haram has made significant strides against them. Things have got worse rather than better."
He thinks the West should be doing more to support the Nigerian military.
"I think that the UK needs to think about this really hard, and I personally think that we have been overprotective.
"We can only get ourselves back into a position where the Nigerians can govern their own space if there is the use of some pretty significant physical violence against Boko Haram in the first place.
"At the moment, the Nigerian military is not showing that they can do that.
"Their equipment is old, it's broken, it's out of date and soldiers - men with rifles - are standing on the ground facing Boko Haram with exactly the same weapon systems as they have themselves.
"You have platoon commanders in isolated posts who are trying to communicate with company headquarters by mobile phones.
"Given that the mobile phone networks up there have periodically been switched off... they can't do much when they come under attack.
"So if I had my way I'd give them pick-up trucks, light-armoured vehicles and radios."
But Mr Hall says it is not transparent as to why the army face issues over equipment given that 20% of Nigeria's budget goes on its security services - which include the military and police.
"One can speculate, and - of course - everybody will start talking about corruption, Nigerians as much as outsiders.
"There is no doubt at all that the systems of procurement over the years have been subject to pretty serious levels of corruption."
Another significant problem, he says, is the kind of training that goes on in the Nigerian military.
"While the military takes its academic education very seriously for its officers, their tactical training is not as good as they think it is. Their troops need combat training too.
"All the rumours say that they are getting that training increasingly from people like the Russians and, frankly, that has to be a good thing. We shouldn't be forcing people to go and fight untrained."
For Col Hall, the situation is particularly alarming given that "there was a time when [the Nigerian army] was, without a shadow of a doubt, the best-trained and probably one of the best-equipped... sub-Saharan armed forces."
The Inquiry is broadcast on the BBC World Service, Tuesdays from 13:05 GMT. Listen online or download the podcast.


US billionaire Wilbur Ross has sold his entire 5.5% stake in Bank of Ireland.

The investor's money helped the struggling bank avoid a state rescue during the financial crisis.
Bank of Ireland shares fell 5% in early trading, despite assurances from Mr Ross that the sale was not a "negative comment" on the firm.
Mr Ross's funds have reportedly made a profit of several hundred million euros on the original 300m-euro ($407m; Â£242m) investment.
The US investor is stepping down as a director of the bank with the sale of his stake.
Archie G Kane, chairman of the Bank of Ireland Group, paid tribute to the investor for showing confidence in the lender in the months after Ireland was forced into an international bailout in late 2010 following the banking and economic collapse.
"On behalf of the board I would like to thank Wilbur for his contribution, diligence and commitment as a board member. Wilbur was instrumental in the success of the 2011 capital raising and, throughout his tenure, we have benefited greatly from his insights," Mr Kane said.
Another major US investor, Prem Watsa, is expected to remain a major Bank of Ireland shareholder with a 5.8% stake.


There has been heavy fighting outside the Libyan interim parliament in the capital Tripoli.

MPs fled the building after heavily armed attackers tried to storm it. Some eyewitnesses say the gunmen were from the powerful Zintan Brigade of former rebel fighters.
However, a paramilitary force backing retired general Khalifa Haftar claimed it was behind the assault.
Authorities are struggling to contain militias that control parts of Libya.
A planned new constitution remains unwritten and the country has had three prime ministers since March.
On Sunday, the gunmen launched their assault on parliament in armoured vehicles. Black smoke rose above the building as militiamen loyal to the government responded.
The building was largely empty, with reports that officials had been warned in advance and had left the area.
The BBC's Rana Jawad in Tripoli says the sporadic rumble of heavy arms being fired was heard across the city as the militiamen withdrew to their bases.
Later on Sunday, Gen Haftar's militia - which calls itself the "Libyan National Army" - issued a statement demanding the suspension of parliament.
On Friday the group launched a major air-and-ground attack against Islamist militants in the eastern of Benghazi.
The government condemned the attack and declared a no-fly zone in the city, threatening to shoot down any military aircraft.
At least 70 people died in the fighting.


A retired clergyman has been jailed for six and a half years for carrying out sex offences against a boy and three men in the 1970s and 1980s.

Vickery House, 69, from West Sussex, was convicted of five counts of indecent assault, including two against a boy aged between 14 and 15 in Devon.
He denied carrying out the attack on the boy and said his actions with the men were "mistaken sexual advances".
House, of Handcross, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Thursday.
Judge Christine Henson QC told the former Church of England vicar: "You should have epitomised all that was good, honest and moral about society.
"Instead that was the opposite of how you treated your victims."
She said the good that House had done in his life had been "tainted by the bad things you have done".
Sussex Police Det Insp Jez Prior said this case was about the power House exercised over his victims "while he was responsible for ministering to their spiritual needs".
He also described House as an opportunist who "took advantage of situations in which to sexually assault them."
House was a vicar in Berwick, East Sussex, and worked under former Bishop of Lewes Peter Ball, who was jailed for 32 months earlier this month after he admitted molesting young men between 1977 and 1992.
Three victims were abused by both men, who ran a Church of England scheme called Give a Year For Christ in Litlington, East Sussex.
"It is clear that some of House's offending in East Sussex took place at the same time that Ball was offending against his victims," said Det Insp Prior.
"We found no evidence that they offended together, but if Peter Ball had not pleaded guilty in September this year, then they would have been tried together."
Sussex Police have released details of the letter of apology Ball sent to a man who complained about House's behaviour in 1984, in which he expresses concern over "the affair you were subjected to with Vick".
The letter formed part of the evidence in one of the three counts of indecent assault of which House was cleared.
Det Insp Pior said: "We have no other evidence to show that Ball knew what House was doing but the clear inference from the letter is that he at least knew that something allegedly inappropriate had happened involving that young man and House."
David Greenwood, of Switalskis Solicitors, who represented some of the victims, said the case showed the church "should no longer be allowed to police itself".
"The whole affair demonstrates how high ranking officials have used their power and positions to protect their own."


A primary school will be closed for at least a week due to a mystery smell, Staffordshire County Council said.

About 20 pupils fell ill at Flash Ley Community Primary School and Nursery in Stafford which was evacuated on Friday.
Tests have been carried out to find the source of the unpleasant odour and the site may not open next week, a letter from headteacher Simon Barker said.
The council said some children were sick, but it is not yet known if the smell is connected to their illness.
It is understood parents reported children with symptoms of nausea, vomiting and dizziness.
Ben Adams, Staffordshire County Council's cabinet member for learning and skills, said: "The wellbeing of children and staff in schools is our top priority.
"A decision was therefore taken to close Flash Ley School as a precautionary measure due to a strong odour noticed in some parts of the school.
"Testing was carried out over the weekend and the school will remain closed all week until we receive the results and are satisfied that it is safe to re-open."
Mr Barker wrote to parents: "Although we were hoping to open on Thursday, unfortunately the school will have to remain closed until we receive the results of all tests and are satisfied that the wellbeing of children and staff will not be affected.
"We are also looking at alternative arrangements for all children should the school need to remain closed beyond this week."


The Little Ice Age was caused by the cooling effect of massive volcanic eruptions, and sustained by changes in Arctic ice cover, scientists conclude.

An international research team studied ancient plants from Iceland and Canada, and sediments carried by glaciers.
They say a series of eruptions just before 1300 lowered Arctic temperatures enough for ice sheets to expand.
Writing in Geophysical Research Letters, they say this would have kept the Earth cool for centuries.
The exact definition of the Little Ice Age is disputed. While many studies suggest temperatures fell globally in the 1500s, others suggest the Arctic and sub-Arctic began cooling several centuries previously.
The global dip in temperatures was less than 1C, but parts of Europe cooled more, particularly in winter, with the River Thames in London iced thickly enough to be traversable on foot.
What caused it has been uncertain. The new study, led by Gifford Miller at the University of Colorado at Boulder, US, links back to a series of four explosive volcanic eruptions between about 1250 and 1300 in the tropics, which would have blasted huge clouds of sulphate particles into the upper atmosphere.
These tiny aerosol particles are known to cool the globe by reflecting solar energy back into space.
"This is the first time that anyone has clearly identified the specific onset of the cold times marking the start of the Little Ice Age," said Dr Miller.
"We have also provided an understandable climate feedback system that explains how this cold period could be sustained for a long period of time."
The scientists studied several sites in north-eastern Canada and in Iceland where small icecaps have expanded and contracted over the centuries.
When the ice spreads, plants underneath are killed and "entombed" in the ice. Carbon-dating can determine how long ago this happened.
So the plants provide a record of the icecaps' sizes at various times - and therefore, indirectly, of the local temperature.
An additional site at Hvitarvatn in Iceland yielded records of how much sediment was carried by a glacier in different decades, indicating changes in its thickness.
Putting these records together showed that cooling began fairly abruptly at some point between 1250 and 1300. Temperatures fell another notch between 1430 and 1455.
The first of these periods saw four large volcanic eruptions beginning in 1256, probably from the tropics sources, although the exact locations have not been determined.
The later period incorporated the major Kuwae eruption in Vanuatu.
Aerosols from volcanic eruptions usually cool the climate for just a few years.
When the researchers plugged in the sequence of eruptions into a computer model of climate, they found that the short but intense burst of cooling was enough to initiate growth of summer ice sheets around the Arctic Ocean, as well as glaciers.
The extra ice in turn reflected more solar radiation back into space, and weakened the Atlantic ocean circulation commonly known as the Gulf Stream.
"It's easy to calculate how much colder you could get with volcanoes; but that has no permanence, the skies soon clear," Dr Miller told BBC News.
"And it was climate modelling that showed how sea ice exports into the North Atlantic set up this self-sustaining feedback process, and that's how a perturbation of decades can result in a climate shift of centuries."
Analysis of the later phase of the Little Ice Age also suggests that changes in the Sun's output, particularly in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum, would also have contributed cooling.
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Discrimination against Jews and Muslims is on the rise around the world, according to an annual US Department of State report.

The findings for 2012 spoke of an increase in anti-Islamic sentiment in Europe and Asia.
It also said there was growing anti-Semitism, especially in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran.
As he unveiled the report, US Secretary of State John Kerry appointed a new special envoy on anti-Semitism.
Ira Foreman was named to replace Michael Kozak in the role, which was first created in 2004.
Mr Foreman was in charge of appealing to Jewish voters on behalf of President Barack Obama ahead of last November's election.
The International Religious Freedom Report, released on Monday, noted that in Egypt, anti-Semitic sentiment in the media sometimes included Holocaust denial or glorification.
It also mentioned an incident on 19 October when Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi said "amen" to a religious leader's call upon Allah to "destroy the Jews and their supporters".
Government-controlled media in Venezuela, meanwhile, had published numerous anti-Semitic statements, including in opposition to a Catholic presidential candidate with Jewish ancestors.
The report also noted the Iranian government's frequent denunciations of Judaism.
"Even well into the 21st Century, traditional forms of anti-Semitism, such as conspiracy theories, use of the discredited myth of 'blood libel' and cartoons demonizing Jews continued to flourish," the report said.
It found that Muslims faced new restrictions in Belgium, which had banned face-covering religious attire in classrooms.
The report also raised concern at the restricting of headscarves in schools in Mangalore, India.
A section on Burma highlighted sustained violence and discrimination against Rohingya Muslims. The report was released as Burmese President Thein Sein met Mr Obama in the White House.
It also highlighted the targeting of Islamic minorities in majority Muslim countries.
There had been rising violence against Shia and Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan, discrimination against non-Sunni Muslims in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, and the arrest and harassment of Sunni Muslims in Iran, the report said.
Mr Kerry said the findings also pointed to a rise in apostasy laws, which he said were frequently used to repress dissent or settle personal vendettas.
The report cites the example of a mentally disabled Christian girl who was jailed for over a month in Pakistan on blasphemy charges until she was freed amid domestic and international condemnation.
The report also found:
As he unveiled the report in Washington DC, Mr Kerry acknowledged that America's own record was not perfect, but said religious freedom was a "universal value".
"The freedom to profess and practise one's faith - to believe or not to believe, or to change one's beliefs - that is a birthright of every human being," he said.
"I urge all countries, especially those identified in this report, to take action now to safeguard this fundamental freedom."


Two senior officers will leave Sandwell Council under a management restructure to save £130,000 a year.

The authority's ruling cabinet approved a plan to merge four roles into three in September.
Former director of improvement and efficiency, Melanie Dudley, has been made assistant chief executive.
Neeraj Sharma, former director of legal and governance, will become director of governance and risk. The third post will be recruited externally.
Neither the previous deputy chief executive, John Garrett, nor former director of strategic resources, Stuart Kellas, have been appointed to the one new remaining director role for human resources and finance.
Jan Britton, council chief executive, said "some difficult decisions had to be made" and the authority "would move to external recruitment for this vacant post".


Millions of Muslims from all walks of life have converged on Saudi Arabia to perform the pilgrimage known as the Hajj.

The annual occasion has become a lucrative business in recent years, proving a great financial asset to the economy of the oil-rich kingdom.
Many pilgrims, however, struggle to reconcile their spiritual needs with their wallets.
Mohammed Zayan, a 53-year-old pilgrim from Tunisia, has waited a lifetime to perform the religious obligation, which does not come free.
"I spent up to $6,000 (Â£3,700) on my Hajj," says Mr Zayan, who wears the traditional white pilgrims' clothes.
"I thank God that he enabled me to save this amount of money but I'm sad I could not afford taking my wife and son with me."
The millions who come to Mecca every year bring billions of dollars to the Saudi economy.
Restaurants, travel agents, airlines and mobile phone companies all earn big bucks during the Hajj, and the government benefits in the form of taxes.
Last year, the 10-day event generated some $10bn (Â£6.2bn), according to the Chamber of Commerce in Mecca.
The private sector also maximises its returns during Hajj, with investment in real estate an attractive proposition ahead of the pilgrimage.
The highest rents in Saudi Arabia are found in the holy city of Mecca, the birthplace of Islam.
Owners of hotels close to the main mosque ask for $700 a night, blaming the skyrocketing prices of land for the sharp rise in rates.
"I have been investing in this sector for 35 years. I remember when I first sold a metre of land in Mecca for just 15 rials ($3), now it has reached 80,000 rials ($22,000)," said Mohamed Saed al-Jahni, one of Mecca's real estate tycoons.
"The demand is higher than supply and that is why many buildings and hotels have been built in recent years to accommodate the increasing number of pilgrims".
Super-tall buildings are filling the Mecca skyline at an unstoppable pace.
The ancient city's centuries-old sites are giving way to glitzy luxury hotels, which are not affordable for many pilgrims.
The government says it is a necessary step, even if the construction comes at the expense of historical mountains dating back to the age of the Prophet of Islam Muhammad and his companions.
Selling Mecca souvenirs is another very lucrative business during the Hajj.
There are no official estimates for this profitable trade, but it is believed to bring hundreds of millions of dollars every year.
Ahmed Abdel Rahman, 43, will leave Mecca laden with presents and souvenirs for loved ones back in Mauritius.
"These are blessed souvenirs," he says, holding a bead he just bought at almost three times its original price outside the city.
The price of Mecca souvenirs is often eye-wateringly high and most of the products like prayer mats and beads are not made in the city, but rather in China.
But Mr Abdel Rahman says he feels a great spiritual relief when he spends his money in Mecca.
"I don't find shop owners opportunists but we help our brothers in Islam to make profit and make ends meet. This is a highly rewarded act."
Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and an obligation, provided a Muslim is financially and physically able.
The ritual, which demonstrates the unity of Muslims and their submission to Allah, has been carried out for nearly nearly 1,400 years.
However much it costs, Muslims will not stop coming to this spiritual and also commercial hub. They simply cannot do Hajj anywhere else.


The UK's first city-wide ban on people taking legal highs in public has come into force.

Under the new rules, police in Lincoln have the power to confiscate the substances from anyone thought to have taken them.
Breaking the order is a criminal offence which could lead to an on-the-spot penalty or a fine from the courts, police said.
Insp Pat Coates said he hopes the order will reduce anti-social behaviour.
A public spaces protection order (PSPO), which allows councils to clamp down on certain activities, was approved in February.
Since councillors voted in favour of the ban, both of the city's "head shops"- which specialised in selling legal highs - have closed.
Marley's, which stocked pipes and tobacco alongside legal highs, shut down voluntarily, while Head Candy closed after it was served with a community protection notice by the City of Lincoln Council.
Insp Coates, the officer in charge of city centre policing, said the closure of the shops and the ban on legal highs would "make a real difference".
He said Lincolnshire Police had also introduced other measures, including targeting street sellers and extra patrols.
Dismissing claims the ban would be unenforceable, Insp Coates said most of the incidents involving legal highs were reported to police by shop security staff or members of the public.
He said the force was called to a 16-year-old boy at the weekend who required hospital treatment after collapsing at the the city's bus station.
"This is why we are trying to do something about it," he added.
The number of incidents involving legal highs in the city increased from seven to 820 between 2010 and 2014.
However, campaigners have said the ban is confusing.
The Manifesto Club, which campaigns against over-regulation, said the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act is creating "a patchwork" of laws, with discrepancies from town to town.
Under the act, which became law last year, local authorities can use PSPOs to ban certain activities they believe are having a "detrimental impact" on the quality of life.


Former Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro has settled her dismissal claim against the club on confidential terms.

Dr Carneiro, who claimed constructive dismissal against Chelsea, also reached a discrimination settlement against the club's former manager Jose Mourinho.
Chelsea said it apologised "unreservedly" to the former first team doctor for the distress caused.
On Monday it emerged Chelsea had offered Dr Carneiro Â£1.2m to settle her claims, which she had rejected.
In a statement, Dr Carneiro said: "I am relieved that today we have been able to conclude this tribunal case. It has been an extremely difficult and distressing time for me and my family and I now look forward to moving forward with my life.
"My priority has always been the health and safety of the players and fulfilling my duty of care as a doctor."
Addressing the London South Employment Tribunal centre in Croydon, Daniel Stilitz QC, for Chelsea and Mr Mourinho, said: "We are pleased to be able to tell the tribunal that the parties agreed a settlement on confidential terms."
Dr Carneiro claimed she was sexually discriminated against after she went on to the pitch to treat Chelsea player Eden Hazard during the opening day of the Premier League season last August.
She claimed that Mr Mourinho shouted the Portuguese phrase "filha da puta" at her, which means "daughter of a whore", as she ran on to the pitch.
Hazard had to leave the pitch, briefly leaving the team with only nine men at what Mr Mourinho claimed was a crucial stage in the game.
Chelsea went on to draw 2-2 with Swansea and Mr Mourinho publicly criticised both Dr Carneiro and first team physio Jon Fearn for being  "impulsive and naive".
Dr Carneiro left the club in September after being demoted.
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Many will guess but we may never know how much money is winging its way into Dr Eva Carneiro's bank account.  She did not accept a Â£1.2m settlement offer so this was no small business.
It seems bizarre that a dispute that began with a doctor running onto a football pitch to help an injured player would end 10 months later with a flurry of negotiations along the nondescript corridors of a building in Croydon.
Although she will have her critics, this was a major victory for Dr Carneiro who fought for justice in the male dominated world of Premier League football.
Chelsea Football Club would have been keen to avoid the potential embarrassment of a personal feud going even more public.
Jose Mourinho's new employers, Manchester United, would also have been keen to ensure that this did not drag on any longer.
Mr Mourinho will find watching the European Championships better preparation for rebuilding a reputation as a winner than being grilled in Croydon.
As for the public? We had already been treated to the subtleties of swearing in Portuguese.  It was time to move on.
Chelsea said in a statement: "The club regrets the circumstances which led to Dr Carneiro leaving the club and apologises unreservedly to her and her family for the distress caused.
"We wish to place on record that in running onto the pitch Dr Carneiro was following both the rules of the game and fulfilling her responsibility to the players as a doctor, putting their safety first.
It added: "Jose Mourinho also thanked Dr Carneiro for the excellent and dedicated support she provided as first team doctor and he wishes her a successful career."
In a statement to the tribunal, Mr Mourinho - who was sacked by Chelsea in December after a run of poor form - conceded that he used the term "filho da puta", meaning "son of a whore" and insisted he had been using it throughout the match.
But Mary O'Rourke QC, acting for Dr Carneiro, told the tribunal on Monday: "He [Mourinho] uses the word 'filha' because he is abusing a woman."
The FA ruled on 30 September 2015 that the words did not constitute "discriminatory language" after consulting an independent academic expert in Portuguese linguistics.
A spokesman for Women in Football said: "Women in Football are delighted that Eva's name has been rightly cleared and her professional reputation as a doctor upheld.
"Eva has been courageous in her fight for a public apology from Chelsea and acknowledgement that on the day in question she was simply doing her job.
"We completely deplore and condemn her treatment by the club since and welcome their unreserved apology."
Mr Mourinho's presence at the tribunal on Tuesday was unexpected because it was not thought he was going to give evidence until next week.
Also in attendance were Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia, chairman Bruce Buck, head physio Jason Palmer and head of communications and PR, Steve Atkins.
The case was expected to last seven to 10 days and could have led to potentially embarrassing witness statements and documents - including texts and emails - being made public.
Dr Carneiro alleged that on 10 August last year Mr Mourinho told Mr Atkins that he did not want Dr Carneiro on the bench at the next match, adding: "She works in academy team or ladies team, not with me."
She also claimed Chelsea took no action following complaints about sexually explicit chanting at various away games - in particular at Manchester United and West Ham - and a lack of female changing facilities.
Further allegations were that she was not provided with a club suit, and regularly had to endure sexually explicit comments from her colleagues.


Thousands of homes and businesses in the Republic of Ireland remain without water five days after a water main burst.

The burst on Friday is affecting 50,000 customers in counties Louth and Meath.
Irish Water has said it could be the weekend before supply returns to normal. It is liaising with Defence Forces to provide alternative supplies.
Northern Ireland Water dispatched tankers on Monday evening to help transport water to those affected.
Speaking to RTÉ, Irish Water managing director Jerry Grant said the complexity of the piping meant it had not been possible to carry out the repairs in the normal timeframe.
In a statement on Monday, the company said it hoped to complete the repair by Thursday.
It added that when the water main is repaired it could take a number of days before full supply is restored.
Water rationing is in place but Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda has been prioritised in order to maintain supply to patients.
Temporary water stations have been set up as shops have been running low on bottled water.
The burst main is located over four metres underground.
It is linked to the Staleen Water Treatment Plant, which supplies drinking water to Drogheda and its surrounding areas.
Irish Water said the burst main was 50 years old and warped.
The mayor of Drogheda, Labour councillor Pio Smith, said Irish Water must plan for future problems.
Speaking to the BBC's Good Morning Ulster, Mr Smith said it was known that the pipes needed to be replaced.
"They had a burst last year as well," he said.
"So even fixing this now on Thursday, I don't necessarily think that it's going to be the end of the problem."
Mr Smith also said he had asked Irish Water to meet with politicians from the affected areas.
"At that meeting we'll be asking questions in relation to what happened, was the contingency plan they had envisaged suitable for what happened and what the future holds."
In order to manage the remaining water, a programme of rationing will continue in the affected areas.
A rolling schedule of supply re-commenced for parts of Drogheda at 09:00 local time on Tuesday.
Thirty-three tankers have now been deployed to replenish temporary water stations.
Irish Water said there are 86 stationary water containers in place across counties Louth and Meath. Eight thousand 5 and 10 litre foldable water containers will be distributed throughout the affected areas.
In a statement, NI Water said it was happy to assist Irish Water.
"Over the last number of years NI Water has worked with other utilities to identify ways in which we could provide mutual support and aid during periods of severe weather or other unforeseen situations," NI Water said.
"This agreement has worked very well in the past and can be a great help to a company when they need it most."
The rationing plan for Tuesday can be found on the Louth County Council website.
Consumers have been asked to bring clean containers and to boil water taken from these stations before use, as a precaution.


A man who defrauded his employer of more than £14,000 in postage stamps has been jailed for 12 months.

Joseph McGuire, 46, from Edinburgh, used a franking machine at the National Museum of Scotland to order stamps, which he sold online.
The fraud emerged when the Royal Mail Criminal Intelligence unit discovered large numbers of books of stamps were being sold cut-price on the internet.
Sheriff Fiona Reith told McGuire it was "really a quite sophisticated scheme".
She said McGuire devised the fraud after "having felt unfairly treated by your employers following disciplinary proceedings".
He carried out the deception over a two-and-a-half year period from 1 January 2011 to 1 August 2013.
The sheriff was told by defence solicitor Jonathan Campbell that his client fully accepted responsibility for the fraud and had tendered a guilty plea at the earliest opportunity.
At the time of the offences there had been difficulties in his relationship, he was depressed after the disciplinary hearing, had financial difficulties and was caring for his father who had significant problems with dementia.
"He was not funding a lavish lifestyle," Mr Campbell said.
He added that the money and stamps recovered at McGuire's home and in his locker at the museum were valued at £13,276 and this could be paid to the museum immediately.
The sheriff took into account the factors outlined by McGuire's defence but she said it would send out the "wrong message" if such criminal behaviour was not "punished severely".
An earlier hearing had heard that McGuire, as a museum messenger, had unrestricted access to the mail room of the NMS.
He used the franking machine to order huge quantities of stamps from the Royal Mail, far in excess of what the museum needed.
He pleaded guilty to obtaining stamps valued at £14,458 by fraud.
The National Museum of Scotland has welcomed the sentence and said it has ''introduced new checks and procedures to ensure this cannot be repeated".


A man and a woman have died in separate house fires in the Highlands.

The woman died after emergency services were called to the blaze in Pulteney Street, Ullapool, at about 15:29 on Saturday.
The man was brought out of his home in Duke Street, Golspie, after a 999 call at about 10:55 on Sunday but was later pronounced dead.
Both victims have been identified and next of kin informed, but no further details have been released.


A nine-year-old Sheffield girl has died of suspected meningitis.

Parents with children at Hunters Bar Junior School were sent a letter telling them a girl in Year 5 had died on Tuesday.
The letter said the probable cause was the meningococcal bacteria, which can cause meningitis.
Head teacher Jill Hallsworth said the child had a "beautiful personality... she was special and will be missed".
People likely to have been in closest contact with her have been identified and offered antibiotics.
Ms Hallsworth said: "We are all just so sad that a member of our school community has died but we are taking a lot of time to remember her beautiful personality.
"She was a genuinely good person and helped everyone she could. She was special and will be missed. Our thoughts are very much with the family at this difficult time."
A Sheffield City Council statement said: "We are working with the school community to support them during this difficult time and our deepest thoughts are with the child's family and loved ones."
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