German court overturns 9/11 conviction

Updated: 13:22, Thursday, 4 March 2004

The only man found guilty over the 11 September terrorist attacks in the United States has had his conviction overturned on appeal.

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1.00 News: Clare Murphy reports on the German court ruling giving Mounir El Motassedeq the right to a retrial
1.00 News: Clare Murphy reports on the German court ruling giving Mounir El Motassedeq the right to a retrial

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Moroccan student Mounir El Motassadeq had been jailed for the maximum 15 years by a court in Hamburg in Germany, for being an accessory to the murder of more than 3,000 people.

Germany's Supreme Court effectively accepted a complaint by the student's lawyers that his defence had been unfairly hindered by the refusal of US authorities to allow testimony from a key witness.

There will now be a retrial.

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