“We have tried to stop this trial and asked for some documents related to this case from the court,” said Bokhari, who appeared for the first time on behalf of Davis.Īt a previous hearing on February 25, Raymond refused to accept the documents, insisting that he be released and claiming that he enjoyed diplomatic immunity. “We will see the detailed written order by the judge and then will be able to tell whether he had rejected the claim of diplomatic immunity or not,”Bokhari said. Zahid Bokhari, Davis's lawyer, told AFP the judge had ordered the trial to continue because for the past one-and-a-half months no document had been produced in the court related to Davis's immunity.
“The judge replied that the Lahore High Court had not barred him to proceed on the murder trial,” Butt said. His lawyer pleaded that he could not be prosecuted by this court because of the diplomatic immunity issue was pending in Lahore High Court, Butt said. “The judge rejected his (Davis's) immunity claim after a lot of debate,” Butt said. “The court passed an order today saying that he (Davis) had failed to produce any legitimate document proving his diplomatic immunity,” the lawyer representing the two men shot by him, Asad Manzoor Butt, told AFP after a closed-door hearing. The issue of his claim to diplomatic immunity is pending before the Pakistani High Court which is due to rule on it on March 14. The hearing in the murder case against Raymond Davis took place amid high security in Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore where he is being held, and was adjourned until March 8.ĭavis has claimed he acted in self-defence when he shot dead two men in a busy Lahore street in January.
LAHORE: A Pakistani court on Thursday said that the murder trial of a CIA contractor would go ahead, despite the insistence of the US government that he has diplomatic immunity. The court on Thursday rejected Raymond Davis' plea for diplomatic immunity.
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