Planned Parenthood shooter wants to be his own lawyer

December 24, 2015 04:38

The man who killed three people in an attack on a Colorado abortion clinic has halted court proceedings by demanding that he be allowed to

fire his public defender and represent himself.

Robert Dear, 57, yesterday announced at a status hearing that he no longer wanted the Colorado public defender's office to represent him.

"I do not want them as my lawyers. I invoke my constitutional right to defend myself," he said. After Judge Gilbert Martinez advised Dear to trust his lawyer, Dear replied, "How can I trust my attorney when he

says I'm incompetent in the newspaper?"

Martinez then cleared the court so Dear could talk privately with his attorney, Daniel King.

At a previous hearing, Dear repeatedly interrupted his own attorneys and accused them of conspiring with Planned Parenthood to cover up the reproductive health group's wrongdoing.

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