Convicted Saudi student seeks re-trial

July 27, 2012 02:22

A former student from Saudi Arabia convicted in a failed US bomb plot has asked for a new trial.

Attorneys for Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari filed the request on Thursday in federal court.

Jurors convicted Aldawsari last month of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. Prosecutors say Aldawsari, who was arrested in 2011, had researched possible targets, including power plants and the Dallas home of former President George W Bush.

His lawyers are challenging prosecution statements that the 22-year-old Aldawsari plotted an attack since he was a child. They also say there is no evidence that he possessed a weapon of mass destruction.

Sentencing is on October 9. Aldawsari faces up to life in prison.

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