Sentence examples for opening of the case from inspiring English sources
Dozens of journalists packed a tiny courtroom in central Moscow on Monday to hear the opening of the case.
At the opening of the case in March, Mr. Ortseifen blamed Deutsche Bank for causing IKB's near-collapse.
At the opening of the case, the court was told that a private member's bill on assisted dying was due to be introduced by Lord Falconer this week.
The court of appeal agreed that the two men should be named and that the opening of the case should be held in public but ordered that the bulk of the case be conducted in secret.
Some magistrates are also understood to be anxious that requiring defendants to reveal their nationality at the opening of the case could be prejudicial and damage the defendant's trust in the impartiality of the criminal justice system.
Reader and three other men the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) allege were ringleaders have already pleaded guilty to plotting the heist, but the opening of the case against four other defendants has provided fresh details about the burglary.
The result of this could well have been the release of Megrahi, and avid calls for a re-opening of the case – the 2003 acceptance by Libya of responsibility for the bombing not withstanding.
The reason for the re-opening of the case and the new trial was largely due to the tenacity of one investigative journalist, Jerry Mitchell, of the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi.
Those who wish to get involved in the re-opening of the case, which will allow the men to be exonerated of the crime are encouraged to call prosecutor Scott Ellington at 870 932 1513.
The opening week of the case, which has taken six years and cost tens of millions of pounds to bring to court, has seen both sides trading blows across the courtroom.
At the opening of the test case on Tuesday, lawyers for the UK government said intercepted communications had been at the heart of every terrorist case investigated by police and the security services in recent years.
