Ng Wants to Add to Murder Defense Team
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Charles Ng, whose costly mass-murder trial has been delayed for more than 10 years, is fighting to have an additional defense attorney.
Ng wants San Francisco County Deputy Public Defender Michael Burt, who is defending him on a murder charge in Northern California, to join his defense team here.
“I’ve been representing him since 1985 so I bring to the team some background on the case,” Burt said outside court.
Ng is accused of torturing and killing a dozen people in 1984 and 1985 at a hideaway in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
He has pleaded not guilty and could face the death penalty if convicted. His trial was moved to Orange County in 1994 on grounds that media reports made a fair trial impossible in Calaveras County, where many of the victims lived.
It is not yet known whether Burt will be able to join the case. The matter will be further discussed when the parties return to court next month.
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