NEW YORK: The lawyers of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who has been convicted in a US court, refused to accept the verdict against the US-educated girl.

Siddiqui, a tiny, frail woman dressed in a beige tunic and white headscarf covering her mouth and forehead, showed no emotion as the jury pronounced its verdict.

After the verdict, outside the courthouse, Elaine Sharp, one of Siddiqui’s lawyers said the jury came to the wrong conclusion.

Siddiqui was arrested by Afghan police on trumped-up charges, according to which she was carrying containers of chemicals and notes referring to mass-casualty attacks and New York landmarks.

She was not charged in connection with those materials and the charges she was convicted of do not mention terrorism.

Instead, the case centered on an incident the next day in the Afghan police compound, where U.S. soldiers and FBI agents sought to question her. The irony is that no sound evidences could be presented at the court to prove the false story at Bagram incident.

Siddiqui’s defence attacked the government’s version of events, saying there was no forensic evidence to support it.

Another of Siddiqui’s defence attorneys, Charlie Swift, said there was no evidence the rifle had ever been fired, since no bullets, shell casings or bullet debris were recovered and no bullet holes detected.

Speaking to the many supporters of Siddiqui around the globe, Elaine Sharp called for a calm reaction to the guilty verdict.

Siddiqui faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and will be sentenced in May.

SOURCE : Geo.tv

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