US judge rules murder case to proceed

The murder case against Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel will proceed, a US judge ruled yesterday, despite credibility questions about a key witness who admitted to recent heroin use.

Superior Court Judge John F Kavanewsky Junior in Stamford, Connecticut said evidence presented by the prosecution on Wednesday and Thursday shows a reasonable person could suspect that Skakel beat Greenwich teenager Martha Moxley to death with a golf club in 1975.