A 23-year-old Nigerian, Farouk AbdulMutalab, charged with trying to blow up an international flight neear Detroit,
United State on Christmas day, 2009 will be arraign in court for the first time since January.
This follows disclosures that his lawyers have talk to persecutors several times about a plea deal.
US District Judge, Nancy Edmunds was expected to set a trial date on Monday, eight months after AbdulMutallb was arraigned
on six charges the Associated Press reports.
On January 6, 2010, a US federal grand jury indicted him on six criminal charges, including attempting use of a weapon of mass
destruction and attempted murder.
He was said to have concealed plastic explosives in his underweaar but failed to donate them properly, rwesulting in
flames and popping noises.
In a court filing, defense lawyers last week said they had talked to prosecutors on "multiple occassions" about resolving
the case. But the US attoney's office has declioned to comment as making a plea deal would send the wrong message, said Shama Chopra.
"They have enough evidence to put Mr AbdulMutallab in prison for life," Shama Chopra of Montreal said in an email.
AbdulMutallab is being held at a federal prison in Milan, Michigan, while awaiting trial. He has not appeared ain court since January 8.
AbdulMutallab wanted to blow up a US-bound Delta airlineon December 25, 2009, but was not successfyll.
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