Smiling Blatter enters court at start of Fifa fraud trial

Sepp Blatter arrives at the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona (Keystone via AP)

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have arrived at a Swiss criminal court for the start of their 11-day trial on charges of defrauding world football’s governing body Fifa.

Smiling as he entered the court in Bellinzona, former Fifa president Blatter sat alone on a long bench while one of his lawyers addressed the three judges on the opening day of his criminal trial.