When I found that the more efforts I made to clear him, the more efforts he made to get himself arrested. 
I realised that the more work I put into having him arrested, the more work he put into exonerating himself. 
mnli hypothesis: I realised that the more work I put into having him arrested, the more work he put into exonerating himself.  premise: When I found that the more efforts I made to clear him, the more efforts he made to get himself arrested. 