Raymond Davis trial under way in Pakistan

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Raymond Davis trial under way in Pakistan

Source: Guardian.UK

The trial of Raymond Davis, the CIA agent facing charges of double murder in Pakistan, has started amid tight security and some secrecy in a Lahore jail.

The press and public have excluded from the trial in Kot Lakhpat jail, where Davis has been held since he shot dead two men on a busy Lahore street on 27 January.

US embassy spokeswoman Courtney Beale confirmed that a sessions court hearing was taking place on Friday but said the full trial would not start until Pakistani prosecutors pressed formal charges.

The US consul general in Lahore, Carmela Conroy, was present at the hearing.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/25/raymond-davis-trial-starts-pakistan

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