British contractor fights report he is mentally able to stand trial in Iraq shooting death

By AP
Sunday, June 13, 2010

Iraqi trial delayed over mental health dispute

BAGHDAD — Lawyers for a British security contractor accused of fatally shooting two colleagues are fighting a medical report stating he is mentally able to stand trial.

The legal appeal has postponed the trial of Danny Fitzsimons until August 4.

Baghdad criminal court judge Ali Abbas al-Yousif said Sunday that doctors found Fitzsimons’ mental condition normal.

But al-Yousif said a second panel of doctors will conduct another examination in response to Fitzsimons’ appeal.

Fitzsimons is accused of shooting two colleagues, a Briton and an Australian, during a fight in Baghdad’s Green Zone last summer and then wounding an Iraqi while fleeing.

All three men were working for the British security firm ArmorGroup Iraq.

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