A bomb scare interrupted proceedings at the law courts this morning as staff, witnesses and the public were evacuated from the building.

The alert was raised shortly before 10 a.m.

This morning has been particularly busy in the last courts. The trial of a Turk accused of importing a big consignment of heroin in his luggage was interrupted, but a murder trial where a man is accused of stabbing a Safi woman 26 years ago is continuing.

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