Verdict due in Bali bombing trial

A tightly guarded Indonesian court today is expected to deliver its verdict in last year’s deadly nightclub bombings on the island of Bali, just days after a copycat blast ripped through a hotel in the capital Jakarta.

Amrozi bin Nurhasyim – dubbed the “smiling bomber” – is one of about three dozen alleged members of the al-Qaida-linked Southeast Asian extremist group, Jemaah Islamiyah, which is blamed for the October 12 blasts that killed 202 people including 26 Britons.