 The judge presiding over the case, Eberhardt Bertelsmann, forbade the prison authorities from broadcasting Metro FM, the offending radio station.However, the defendants had to buy portable radios and batteries for the inmates who wanted to continue listening to the music.The terrorists were said to be motivated by a sense of alienation and frustration with their situation in South Africa, as well as religious beliefs similar to Christian Identity, which asserted their "God-given "right to rule the nation"".