A JUDGE yesterday denied a request from broadcasters to televise the trial of sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad, saying such coverage could compromise Muhammad’s right to a fair trial.

A judge today banned TV cameras from the trial of accused Washington sniper Allen Muhammad, saying such coverage could compromise the right to a fair trial.

SITTING impassively in an orange prison jump-suit, accused Washington sniper John Allen Muhammad yesterday made a second appearance in a Virginia court.

Sitting impassively in an orange prison jump-suit, accused Washington sniper John Allen Muhammad today made a second appearance in a Virginia court.

JOHN LEE MALVO, the 17-year-old accused of a series of sniper attacks that terrorised the Washington DC suburbs, has admitted during a seven-hour interrogation that he carried out some of the killings, it was reported yesterday.

John Lee Malvo, the 17-year-old accused of a series of sniper attacks in the US has admitted during a seven-hour interrogation that he carried out some of the killings according to reports.

A prosecutor says the only fingerprints found on the rifle used in the Washington sniper attacks belonged to teenage suspect John Lee Malvo.

LOOKING unshaven and unkempt, Washington sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad made his first appearance in a Virginia state court yesterday, a state second only to Texas in executions of adults and juveniles.

Authorities have linked yet another shooting to the sniper suspects – the wounding of a Maryland store clerk more than two weeks before a string of attacks began terrorising the Washington area.

INVESTIGATORS are becoming increasingly convinced Washington sniper John Allen Muhammad went on his rampage because he planned to murder his former wife in what would appear to be a random killing.

US authorities in Louisiana have charged the two Washington sniper suspects with another murder.

Police have issued new murder warrants for the suspected Washington serial snipers after they were linked to an earlier killing in Louisiana.

Two men have been charged in the rash of recent sniper shootings in the US as authorities on the West Coast said they were also suspects in the killing of a woman last winter and a shooting at a synagogue.

SNIPER suspect John Allen Muhammad was indicted yesterday on capital murder and five other charges in two shootings in Virginia.

Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad was indicted today on capital murder and five other charges in two shootings in Virginia.

The 17-year-old suspect in the Washington sniper murders may have fired the shot that killed an FBI analyst, it emerged today, raising the possibility that the death penalty could be brought against both suspects.

Prosecutors in the state of Maryland filed the first murder charges in the 13 sniper attacks that terrorised the Washington area, and authorities today tracked down the co-owner of a blue Chevrolet Caprice in which the two suspects were arrested.

Cook’s family recognised Muhammad from news photos after his arrest and called authorities, Mattheis said.

Maryland prosecutors say they will bring six counts of first-degree murder against the two Washington sniper suspects.

THE two men arrested on suspicion of involvement in the 10 Washington-area sniper slayings this month will be charged with murder and face the death penalty for an earlier killing in Alabama, authorities in the southern state said yesterday.

Detectives investigating the Washington sniper attacks have found further clues. They say that the car, in which two male suspects and the weapon were found, has an opening in the boot that would permit someone to lie inside and fire the rifle while remaining hidden.

Washington sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad’s life has followed a tangled path.

The gun found in the back of the car of the two Washington sniper suspects has provided a ballistics match to the sniper's weapon.