The story he told police differed from the one he told his mother.

他告诉警察的话和告诉他母亲的不同。

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The local police found her story didn't check out.

当地警方证实她的说法不成立。

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The police didn't believe her story.

警方不相信她对事情的描述。

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"We would not run that story had the police objected and never would we have run the story if we thought it was going to jeopardise the police investigation in any way, " he said.

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Eyewitnesses told the Indian press that the driver of the vehicle had tried to run her over once they got her off the bus, but she was saved by her friend who later recanted the story to police, saying he was attacked with iron rods on board the vehicle.

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He left the apartment, supposedly to get some soda, and called the police with a false story about his lover, Garner, brandishing a gun.

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