Opening arguments have begun in the trial of an American man accused of killing 12 and injuring 70 others after he opened fire in a movie theater in the state of Colorado in 2012.
27 year old James Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
The victims' loved ones have waited years for the trial to finally begin, as our correspondent Mary MacCarthy reports from the Colorado courthouse.
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As Mary MacCarthy reports from the courthouse in Colorado, the insanity plea has complicated the trial.
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