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CCTV images of one of the 21 July bomb suspects apparently fleeing London in a Muslim veil have been shown in court.The jury at Woolwich Crown Court saw footage prosecutors say is Yassin Omar, 26, wearing a black full-length dress and burka with a handbag over his arm. He is said to have travelled by bus to Birmingham from Golders Green in north London on 22 July 2005 - the day after an alleged attempt to bomb the Tube. Mr Omar and six other defendants deny charges of conspiracy to murder. The footage shows Mr Omar mingling with ordinary commuters...

A PROMINENT New Zealand lawyer who is bald and mustachioed turned up to court wearing a skirt and blouse and carrying a handbag in protest of what he says is a male dominated judiciary. Rob Moodie, 67, fronted Wellington's High Court yesterday dressed in a navy blue skirt suit with added female extras, The Dominion Post newspaper reported. "I will now, as a lawyer, be wearing women's clothing," Mr Moodie was quoted as saying by the Post. "The deeper the cover-up, the prettier the frocks." Mr Moodie says he is a heterosexual and is married with three children. But, he...