Saddam 'torture' claims contradicted by judge

Iraqi officials repeatedly asked Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants if they had ever been beaten and they answered ’no’ every time, according to an investigative judge.

Contradicting the ousted leader’s claim that he was abused by American guards, Judge Raid Juhi yesterday said that a medical team would have investigated if Saddam or any of his seven co-defendants had complained of beatings or torture.