Fast track trial for man accused of killing British tourist

Jordan is speeding up procedures to bring to trial the man charged with shooting to death a British tourist and the wounding of six others at a popular Roman ruin in the capital, Amman, judicial officials said today.

Nabeel Ahmed Issa Jaourah, 38, a Jordanian of Palestinian origin, has been charged with carrying out terrorist attacks, causing the death of one person, and possessing an armed weapon without a licence, according to a draft military prosecution indictment. If convicted, he faces the death penalty.