Jamaican teenager pleads not guilty at start of second sniper trial

This 19 November 2002 file photo shows sniper 
suspect John Lee Malvo (R) led by Fairfax County 
deputy sheriffs to a waiting van after an appearance 
in the Fairfax County juvenile court in Fairfax, VA.
AFP PHOTO/Shawn THEW 

Tuesday, November 11, 2003

CHESAPEAKE, USA (AFP): Jamaican-born John Lee Malvo, an 18-year-old accused of being one of the two Washington snipers, pleaded not guilty at the start of his trial Monday.

Malvo was only 17 at the time of the sniper shootings, which left 10 dead and three wounded in the Washington region in October last year. But he could face the death penalty if found guilty at the trial.

Malvo's lawyers have said they plan to plead insanity and that the Jamaican immigrant had been brainwashed by John Allen Muhammad, a 42-year-old Gulf war veteran who befriended the teenager.

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