<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKulingana na mwanasheria wake, Shearer alichukua chini ya dola 25,000 kutoka kwa mshirika wa Karadzic nchini Ufaransa katika msimu wa vuli wa 1997.  <response>: According to his lawyer, Shearer took less than 25,000 from an associate of Karadzics in France in the fall of 1997. 