Headley's status hearing postponed till Feb 23

Yoshita Singh
Chicago, Jan 12 (PTI) A US court on Tuesday postponed
till February 23, the status hearing of Pakistani-American
terror suspect David Coleman Headley, charged with conspiracy
in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
The hearing was scheduled for Tuesday before Judge Harry
Leinenweber in US District Court of Illinois.
However, the "hearing has now been cancelled and
postponed till February 23," spokesman for US Attorney's
office Randall Samborn told PTI here on Tuesday.
Samborn said the hearing has been postponed "by agreement
of both the defence and the prosecution".
Headley has been charged with conspiring in the 26/11
Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. The FBI chargesheet
against him also alleges that he made several trips to India
prior to the attacks to scout for terror targets and then
shared information with conspirators in Pakistan.
After his arrest in October last year, Headley had first
appeared in the court on December 9 when he was arraigned and
he had pleaded not guilty to charges that he plotted terror
attacks against India and Denmark.
Headley's presence has been waived by the defence, which
means he need not be present for court hearings in the future.
His lawyer John Theis said the status hearing is a
routine matter where the court would be updated by the defence
and prosecution on the progress and status of the case.
Suspected LeT operative Headley's arraignment in December
had lasted for only a couple of minutes. Then he had waived
his right to be indicted by a grand jury, which meant he had
waived his right to have prosecutors present their evidence
against him to a grand jury and obtain an indictment. PTI YAS
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