Iraq murder trial verdict delayed
Date published: 20 February 2011
Danny Fitzsimons
A security contractor from Middleton on trial for murdering two colleagues in Iraq will have to wait a further eight days to find out his fate, because the case has been adjourned while the court studies his claim to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Danny Fitzsimons, 30, has admitted killing Paul McGuigan, from the Scottish Borders, and Darren Hoare, from Australia, in August 2009.
The former soldier pleaded not guilty to murder, but admitted manslaughter with diminished responsibility, the BBC reported.
If found guilty, he could face a possible death sentence in Iraq.
He is the first Westerner to go on trial in an Iraqi court since a 2009 US–Iraqi security agreement lifted immunity for foreign contractors.
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