Sir Salman Rushdie’s alleged attacker will return to courtroom subsequent week, as authorized groups argue over whether or not or not a witness safety order needs to be granted in his case.
Chautauqua County district lawyer Jason Schmidt beforehand requested the order to maintain the identities of potential witnesses secret and has requested the courtroom for extra time for proof within the case to be examined.
Hadi Matar, 24, appeared at Chautauqua County Court docket in New York state for a fifth time on Friday, having pleaded not responsible to tried homicide and assault prices final month.
Choose David Foley scheduled an extra listening to for Wednesday September 21, the place the DA’s workplace should flip over the data for which they're searching for the protecting order.
This info will probably be shared with the defence crew, however not with Matar.
The PA information company understands that Choose Foley can also decide on whether or not to grant the order on the similar listening to.
The decide additionally indicated on Friday that he'll decide on the 70-day time extension requested by the DA’s workplace, although he didn't say what it might be.
It's understood a standard time extension for proof evaluate is simply 20 days.
Matar, of Fairview, New Jersey, was indicted on the fees by a grand jury following the incident on August 12.
He was arrested after allegedly dashing on to the stage on the Chautauqua Establishment and stabbing Sir Salman a few dozen instances, together with within the neck and eye, in entrance of a crowd.
He was later charged with one rely of second-degree tried homicide, which carries a most sentence of 25 years in jail, and one rely of second-degree assault.
Choose Foley beforehand refused to grant Matar bail.