Pinochet trial hearings open

CHILE’S Supreme Court opened hearings yesterday on whether to uphold the indictment and house arrest of General Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges, after the former dictator was released from hospital after five days recovering from a stroke.

Pinochet was indicted and ordered to remain under house arrest last week by Judge Juan Guzman, and on Monday the Santiago Court of Appeals upheld both decisions.