In a surprise development on the opening day of the landmark Dutch court case into the downing of Flight MH17, one of four suspects charged with the murder of the airliner’s 298 passengers and crew has chosen to be legally represented – and has denied any involvement in the disaster.
Irish Times: Suspect opts for legal defense in MH17 case trial
In this file photo taken on Nov. 11, 2014 journalists look at parts of the Malaysia Airlines plane Flight MH17 as Dutch investigators (unseen) arrive at the crash site near the Hrabove village in eastern Ukraine, hoping to recover debris from the Malaysia Airlines plane which crashed in July, killing 298 people, in remote separatist-held territory east of Donetsk.
