The World - News from Jan. 1, 1989
A Stockholm court ordered former mental patient Christer Pettersson held another two weeks on suspicion of having assassinated Prime Minister Olof Palme nearly three years ago. The 41-year-old suspect, a convicted killer with a history of violent crimes, first appeared in court as the subject of the Palme murder investigation two weeks ago when he was remanded to give the prosecution time to prepare its case. ‘We hope to have our charges ready by Jan. 13,” chief prosecutor Anders Helin said. The half-hour private hearing was delayed because the suspect refused to leave his prison cell and attend the court session.
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