 The defendants denied being part of a conspiracy.Nenova, Chervenyashka, Siropoulo and Dimitrova testified that they did not know Vulcheva until 24 hours after what they called their "kidnapping" from Benghazi, and, according to Nenova, only after their blindfolds were taken off.Vulcheva denied knowing "John the Englishman" or "Adel the Egyptian".