Instead, they will get a new trial at the Supreme Court of Appeal "as if it was a trial for the first time, " the agency said.

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Ms Mills-Westley's two daughters, Sarah and Samantha Mills-Westley, were in court for the first day of Mr Deyanov's trial.

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On Tuesday, 25 former officials tied to the operation appeared in court for the first day of what officials say could be a trial of more than two years.

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Mr Scilingo arrived at the first day of his trial at the national court in Madrid in an ambulance and complained of feeling ill.

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The woman had attended the jury selection procedure at the court in Bobigny without a headscarf, but wore one on the first day of the trial.

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The judge overseeing a major corruption trial in Brazil has been appointed president of the Supreme Court, the first black person to hold the post.

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The Americans were reluctant to send him back to Venezuela to face trial for corruption, but after five years of court battles he was surrendered, the first time a former ruler of a foreign country had been extradited from the United States.

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This trial has afforded him plenty of publicity, which may be why he went to court in the first place.

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An hour before court began, there were four people in line, compared with about 50 at the first day of McVeigh's trial.

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If so, the lower court might consider splitting the class action in half, so the question of liability can be determined first, followed by another trial on whether the discrimination was so bad as to merit punitives.

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