claire montgomery said montgomerymr. aassange -- assange repeatedly refused to testify in sweden. >> in britain, it is of vital tool in an increasingly- globalized fight against crime. the court will expect strong evidence the prosecution was militias or politically motivated or otherwise flawed. >> the defense called their witness, a retired swedish prosecutor. he told the court that he thought it quite peculiar the prosecutor had issued the arrest warrant without first hearing julian assange's version of events. but even he said he would voluntarily returned to sweden to clear his name if he were the defendant. >> today, we saw what i spoke about earlier being opened up. what we have seen is protest abuse after protests abuse being revealed, for hours and hours. >> the hearing resumes on friday. bbc news, magistrates court. >> foreign reconstruction teams have been accused by the afghan president for impede in progress. president karzai says the teams were like a parallel system of government and will have to leave the