BAGHDAD - Deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein will know on October 16 whether he is to be found guilty of crimes against humanity and executed, the judge said on Thursday on the last day of his trial.Judge Rauf Abdel Rahman brought a day of turbulent proceedings to a close after court-appointed lawyers completed the defence arguments, saying: “The trial will adjourn until October 16 to check over the files of this case.”
On Thursday, the last defendant to make his case, Awad Ahmed al-Bandar, had to be physically pushed back into his chair by court bailiffs after the glowering former judge denounced his counsel and tried to defend himself. Rahman told him to “shut up” and a furious al-Bandar later exclaimed: “If you were to execute me, that would be better than what you said to me before.”
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