Dutroux trial delayed over scuffle

THE trial of Marc Dutroux, accused of kidnapping, raping and killing young girls, was delayed yesterday when he fought with a policemen escorting him from prison to the Belgian court.

Ronny Baudewyn, one of Dutroux’s lawyers, said: “A scuffle erupted whereby he (Dutroux) was pulled backward and injured his back.”

Dutroux “did not want to go to the court in Arlon, but back to his cell”, Baudewyn said.