A Fort Bragg judge has postponed the trial of an Army sergeant accused of attacking his unit on the eve of the invasion of Iraq.The delay was granted Tuesday to give Sgt. Hasan Akbar's lawyers more time to develop an insanity defense.
The judge, Col. Stephen R. Henley, postponed the court-martial from Oct. 25 to Feb. 15.
"I agree some additional time is needed to develop an insanity defense," he said during the hearing, which lasted about an hour and 10 minutes.
The trial date will come almost two years after the March 23, 2003, grenade attack at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait that left two officers dead and 14 soldiers wounded.
Akbar, a combat engineer who was with the 101st Airborne Division at the time of the attacks, is charged with two counts of premeditated murder and three counts of attempted premeditated murder. He faces death if convicted.
Insanity defense???????????!!!!!!!!!!! May this man receive the death penalty for what he did to his fellow soldiers! He is worst than scum!