Complex sentence: During the four days he was held on the charge of assaulting Meike Dalal, he is recorded by PC Ian Thomson as saying "there can't have been any fingerprints in the car otherwise mine would have given me away".
Split into simpler sentences: During the four days he was held on a charge of assaulting Meike Dalal. He is recorded by PC Ian Thomson as saying "there can't have been any fingerprints in the car otherwise mine would have given me away".