European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 16, 1993 . 1 the stars and stripes Page 11defense links informant to bombing to smear Star witness a new York apr defense attorneys Are accusing a government informant in a terrorist plot Case of being involved in the bombing of the world Trade Center. Prosecutors in the plot Case say the accusations Are a calculated Campaign to discredit their Star informant. The defense lawyers William Kunstler and Ron Kuby said there is evidence that Emad a. Salem Quot was Respo Risi ble for the world Trade Center  they said that Salem paid for the rental of the truck that carried the bomb into the world Trade Center s garage and that he was seen near the Center on feb. 26, the Day of the explosion. The accusations were contained in a letter to judge Michael Mukasey. The blast killed six people injured 1,000 and caused a half billion dollars Worth of damage. Four men Are on trial for the bombing. The defense lawyers cited a Section from transcripts of conversations secretly taped by Salem with an Fri agent and later obtained by the government. In a separate letter to the judge assistant . Attorney Andrew Mccarthy said the defense lawyers depiction of the conversation was misleading. Mccarthy said the judge should take action again Kuby and Kunstler for conducting a Media Campaign to discredit Salem. The letters from both sides were sent to Mukasey last week. Kunstler and Kuby did not ask the judge to take any specific action. Kuby and Kunstler Are representing two of the 14 defendants charged with plotting to commit numerous bombings kidnappings and assassinations. The alleged targets included the United nations a Hudson River Bridge and tunnels connecting new York City and new Jersey. Hundreds of hours of tape recordings secretly made by Salem Are expected to be a major part of that trial Ana Mukasey is to be the presiding judge. At the Trade Center bombing trial prosecutors introduced a letter tuesday that they said was found on a computer disk belonging to defendant Nidal a. Ayyad it was the third piece of evidence to link Ayyad 26, a chemical Engineer from Maplewood n a to the bombing. Quot we Are the liberation army fifth battalion again Quot the letter said. It said of the Trade Center bombing Quot unfortunately our calculations were not very accurate this time Quot however we Promise you that next time it will be very precise and Etc will continue to be one of Bur targets in the . Unless our demands have been  Quot the letter was never sent and the file name under which it was stored was deleted from a computer disk belonging to Ayyad Fri agents testified tuesday. Although the file name had been deleted it remained of the disk in another form that could be retrieved Fri agent Elizabeth James said. Another Fri agent had testified that the disk was taken from Ayyad s Allied signal inc. Office. Last week prosecutors introduced evidence1 to try to show that Ayyad had telephoned one newspaper and written to another to say the attack was carried out by the Quot liberation army fifth . A letter sent to the new York times threatened further attacks unless the United Stales ended All Aid to Israel and got out of Middle East  who quit when victim cited pain gets Light term Wallace Idaho apr a judge gave a Light sentence to a Man convicted of rape saying the attacker stopped when the victim said it Hurt. Quot it was just marginally forcible. There was no actual Intercourse Quot judge Craig Kosonen said monday. Quot. When she said a no he  Kosonen sentenced David Sapp 32, to one year to seven years in prison. But because Sapp did t hit or threaten the victim or use a weapon the judge said he would retain jurisdiction for 180 Days while Sapp goes through the sexual offender program at the state mini mum Security prison in Cottonwood. Officials there could recommend probation after six months. Sapp faced up to life in prison. Shoshone county prosecutor Daniel Mcgee recommended seven to 20 years. A  investigation indicated that the Cottonwood program was appropriate. Sapp forced his Way into the 22-Ycar-old woman a Home in september according to court records. It took five hours of deliberation before a jury convicted him of  enslaved at topless bars nyc police allege new York a two hungarian Brothers allegedly lured Young women from their Homeland with false promises of Good jobs then forced them to dance in topless bars police say. The impoverished women were easy prey District attorney Richard Brown said tuesday. A they desperately wanted to come to the United states to seek a better life Quot he said. The suspects were identified As Lengyel Attila 33, and his 28-year-old brother Toth. They were arrested monday on charges of unlawful imprisonment and extortion for allegedly holding at least five women against their will at a House in Queens. A a three Len aged women told police that female recruiters worked the hungarian Countryside telling women of Domestic jobs paying $900 to $1,000 a week. The three were flown to new York two months ago then ordered to work 16-hour shifts at strip clubs for six months. The Brothers took 95 percent of their pay about $700 a week and warned that their families in Hungary would suffer if they tried to leave police said. Police discovered five More hungarian women in the House. Is Ltd Yum m defense attorney Leslie Abramson uses charts to make a Point during closing arguments tuesday in los Angeles. Mother hid incest to protect position attorney says los Angeles apr in an often theatrical argument on behalf of accused murderer Erik me Mendez a defense attorney suggested that the defendants Mother kept a secret of incest in order to save her marriage and place in society. Erik Menendez 23, and Lyle Menendez 25, Are charged with the murder of Jose and Kitty Menendez. The couple died in a Blaze of Shotgun fire in their Beverly Hills mansion aug. 20,1989, in her closing argument defense attorney Leslie Abramson depicted entertainment executive Jose Menendez As a mad scientist who bred his sons on fear torturing them like Laboratory animals in a a Little human  because the crime was an ambush allegedly carried out to gain control of a $14 million family Fortune the defendants could face the death penalty. The defense wants manslaughter verdicts which could set the Brothers free in a few years. Abramson theorized that Kitty Menendez saved her marriage her Money and her place in society by agreeing in 1986 to conceal her husbands molestation of Erik Menendez. A i think mrs. Menendez made her Deal with the Devil Quot she said. Quot she gets to Harangue him forever and she keeps the  Abramson also noted that a coroners report shows Lyle Menendez not Erik Menendez fired the final shots that killed each Parent. A separate jury for Lyle Menendez began deliberating last week. Jurors were expected to get Erik Scase wednesday after  finished her closing argument