HOUSTON: Allen Stanford, the financier convicted of running an estimated US$7bil Ponzi scheme, has asked for a new trial, citing the media's use of Twitter in the courtroom and a lack of time to prepare his defence.
Stanford, who turns 62 on Satur-day, was convicted on March 6 by a Houston federal jury on 13 of 14 counts related to what prosecutors said was the sale of bogus certificates of deposit from his Antigua-based Stanford International Bank Ltd.
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