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Complete the detective's official police report by changing the suspect's defensive statement into reported speech.
Original quote: "I have never seen this diamond!"
The suspect claimed that he _________________________ _________________________ diamond.
The suspect claimed that he had never seen that diamond.
When the reporting verb is in the past tense ("claimed"), the present perfect tense ("have seen") backshifts to the past perfect ("had seen").
Demonstrative pronouns also shift away from the speaker's original physical context. "This" becomes "that."