Lawyers to seek release of volunteer charged with killing unarmed teenager

Lawyers for George Zimmerman, the neighbourhood watch volunteer charged in the killing in Florida of unarmed black teenager Trayvon…

Lawyers for George Zimmerman, the neighbourhood watch volunteer charged in the killing in Florida of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, said yesterday they would ask a judge to release him from jail again after his bail was revoked last week.

“Zimmerman’s defence team will file a motion today for a second bond hearing,” the lawyers said. The announcement came a day after Mr Zimmerman (28) returned to a cell in the Seminole county jail after a judge revoked his bond at a hearing on Friday. – (Reuters)

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