After almost two years, the sodomy trial against Anwar Ibrahim went through its last leg today, with the defence team replying to the prosecution's final submission before verdict is delivered.

Among the issues expected to arise in their reply today is the credibility of the three expert defence witnesses, which was attacked by prosecution chief Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden in his submission on Tuesday.

azlan Yusof, who is solicitor-general II, called Anwar's orthopaedic surgeon Dr Thomas Hoogland "speculative" as the Dutch spine doctor last examined the accused in 2005 and could not have truly known if his back condition would prevent him from performing the sex act.

He also submitted that DNA expert Dr Brian McDonald had been "flip flop" in giving evidence and was a "paid expert" bent on supporting the defence's case, while forensic specialist Dr David Wells' evidence was "neutral at best".

Yusof also submitted that Anwar's statement from the dock was a "bare denial" that did not adduce evidence on what had happened on June 26, 2008, at the Desa Damansara condominium, when complainant Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan was there.

He also said that there was no proof of conspiracy to frame Anwar or that the latter's DNA was planted as sperm heads were spotted in the sample.

Yusof was replying to the defence team's three-part submission , in which it said that Saiful's "contradictory" statements and the lack of degradation in the DNA sample, among others, proved reasonable doubt on the case against Anwar.

LIVE REPORTS

9.12am: The public gallery is slowly filling up. Neither parties have arrived.

9.15am: The prosecution team led by s olicitor-general II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden arrives alongside PKR vice-president N Surendran.

9.25pm: The accused, Anwar Ibrahim, arrives with an group of PKR leaders including wife and party president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

9.30am: The defence team enters the courtroom. They are seen having a laugh with Yusof. The public gallery fills up.

9.50am: High Court justice Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah enters court and proceedings begin.