The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take the stand as the defense rests

In the trial of the stabbing attack on the writer Salman Rushdie, the defendant refused to testify.

Man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take stand as defense rests

Hadi Matar, 27, is on trial in western New York on charges of attempted murder and assault. In court, his lawyers sought to challenge prosecution witnesses to cast doubt on whether Matar intended to kill, and not just injure, author Salmon Rushdie, 77, in 2022.

The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take the stand as the defense rests - Entertainment News

The New Jersey man on trial in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie declined to testify in his defense Thursday as his lawyers rested their case without calling any witnesses.

The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take the stand

MAYVILLE, N.Y.: The New Jersey man on trial in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie declined to testify in his defense Thursday as his lawyers rested their case without calling any witnesses. “No, I do not,” Hadi Matar, 27, said when asked by Chautauqua County Judge David Foley whether he wished to take the stand. Earlier Thursday, prosecutors called a forensics expert

Man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to give evidence in his defence

Hadi Matar is charged with attempted murder and assault over the attack which left the 77-year-old author blind in one eye.

The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take the stand as the defense rests

The New Jersey man on trial in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie has declined to testify in his defense.