Defendant in German neo-Nazi murder trial wants to fire lawyers


  • World
  • Thursday, 17 Jul 2014

Defendant Beate Zschaepe, a member of the neo-Nazi cell, the National Socialist Underground (NSU) arrives for the continuation of her trial in a courtroom in Munich September 5, 2013. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

MUNICH (Reuters) - A suspected neo-Nazi charged with complicity in a series of racist murders that scandalised Germany wants to fire her lawyers in a move that could delay her trial which has already dragged on for more than a year.

Beate Zschaepe, 39, told the Munich court on Wednesday she no longer had confidence in her three lawyers, her spokeswoman said.

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