06-25-2013, 01:47 AM
BBC news report.
A Florida neighbourhood watchman shot dead an unarmed black teenager “because he wanted to”, a prosecutor has said at the start of his murder trial.
George Zimmerman, 29, was a vigilante who presumed Trayvon Martin was up to no good, the jury of six women heard.
But a defence lawyer said Mr Zimmerman acted out of self defence after Trayvon, 17, attacked him in Sandford, an Orlando suburb in February 2012.
Mr Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second degree murder.
End of report.
A Florida neighbourhood watchman shot dead an unarmed black teenager “because he wanted to”, a prosecutor has said at the start of his murder trial.
George Zimmerman, 29, was a vigilante who presumed Trayvon Martin was up to no good, the jury of six women heard.
But a defence lawyer said Mr Zimmerman acted out of self defence after Trayvon, 17, attacked him in Sandford, an Orlando suburb in February 2012.
Mr Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second degree murder.
End of report.
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