Mumbai: When additional sessions judge G.A. Sanap asked David Headley if he wanted to state anything in the 26/11 attack case, Headley replied in the affirmative, saying, “I have reviewed the charging documents filed against me in this court. It charges me with the same conduct for which I was charged in the United States of America.
“I pled guilty to the charges in the US and I admitted that I was a participants in these charges. I accepted responsibility for my role in these offences in my plea agreement. I also agreed to make myself available as a witness in this court.
“I appeared here ready to answer questions regarding these events if I receive pardon from this court.” Headley is currently serving a 35-year prison sentence in the US in connection with the Mumbai terror attacks case as he had pleaded guilty before a US court under a plea agreement. Headley would depose as a prosecution witness on February 8, 2016.
Headley told the Mumbai court that the US plea agreement even binds him to become a witness in this case if he is granted a pardon (by the Indian court). Apart from Headley, seven other people also attended the court proceedings through video-conference.
Mark Tellitocci, India desk officer with the internal affairs office of the US department of Justice; N.K. Mishara, minister at the Indian embassy in Washington DC; and J.S. Parmar, attaché at the Indian embassy appeared from Washington DC.
Those who appeared via video link from an undisclosed location in the US were Headley, his lawyers Robert Seer and John Tyse, Department of Justice assistant trial attorney Sarah W and FBI agent Raymundo Nagera.
