Trial of Norway mass killer Breivik to begin

The terror trial against an anti-Muslim fanatic who confessed to killing 77 people in Norway starts today amid fears that he will use the proceedings to showcase his radical views.

After opening statements, Anders Breivik is due to give evidence for five days, explaining why he set off a bomb in Oslo, killing eight, and then gunned down 69 people, mostly teenagers, at a Labour Party youth camp on Utoya island, outside the Norwegian capital.