Nigerian man pleads not guilty to Christmas Day airline bomb bid

A NOT GUILTY plea has been entered on behalf of a Nigerian man charged with attempting to blow up a Detroit-bound US airliner on Christmas Day.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was arraigned yesterday on six charges. The most severe carries up to life in prison – the attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.

The hearing was brief. Abdulmutallab walked into the courtroom wearing a white T-shirt and trousers.