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Luigi Mangione court hearings gave a preview of gripping trial to come

Last week’s proceedings in murder case of Brian Thompson showed a mix of politics, social comment and drama

The trial of Luigi Mangione is one of the most eagerly awaited cases in recent American criminal history and last week’s court appearances by the accused killer acted as a sort of trailer for the still unscheduled main event.

As a New York court weighed whether evidence was gathered illegally during Mangione’s arrest on charges of fatally shooting a top healthcare executive on the streets of New York, America got a taste of the trial’s potent mix of politics, social comment, conspiracy theory and Hollywood-style murder drama.

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© Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images

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An animal rights activist was on the FBI’s Most Wanted list for 15 years. Will he be returned to the US?

Daniel Andreas San Diego, now 47, is fighting extradition from the UK amid accusations he set off three pipe bombs in 2003

Twenty-two years ago, a dark-haired, bespectacled young man vanished off the streets of San Francisco. Daniel Andreas San Diego, a 25-year-old information technology specialist, diehard vegan and animal rights activist, was the FBI’s main suspect in a series of pipe bombings that exploded in front of the headquarters of Chiron Corporation and Shaklee Corporation, two Bay Area companies, in August and September of 2003.

Communiques attributed to the Revolutionary Cells – Animal Liberation Brigade were posted to the website of an animal rights magazine, claiming the attacks were carried out to highlight both firms’ alleged work with Huntingdon Life Sciences, a British research company that conducted tests for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and other chemical companies and had drawn the ire of activists on both sides of the Atlantic opposing its tests on animals.

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© Composite: Rita Liu/The Guardian/Getty Images/Alamy

© Composite: Rita Liu/The Guardian/Getty Images/Alamy

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Les fleurettistes français en argent à Fukuoka

Anas Anane, Tyvan Bibard, Rafael Savin et Maxime Pauty. (L. Pagliaricci/FIE / Bizzi team)Les fleurettistes français ont pris la deuxième place de l'épreuve par équipes de la Coupe du monde de Fukuoka (Japon) ce dimanche, ne manquant la victoire que d'une touche en finale face à l'Italie (43-44). Chez les femmes, les Bleues se sont inclinées dès leur entrée en lice à Busan (Corée du Sud).
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