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Before the sessions started, prosecutors said Sven Lau, 35, had served as an "extended arm" of the Jaish Al-Muhajireen Wal-Ansar, an extremist organisation active in Syria which last year pledged allegiance to the Al-Nusra Front which was then an Al-Qaeda affiliate. (AFP/Twitter)

September 8th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Radical Muslim preacher Sven Lau gives courts the silent treatment

The judge concluded the session shortly after it began after Sven Lau's lawyer, Mutlu Günal said that Lau would defend himself with "silence", and this confirms Sven Lau's unwillingness to make a statement.