As the diminutive man in a grey-green jump suit shuffled to his seat, with a US marshal gently guiding him by his elbow, a hush fell on the room, which had grown increasingly tired of court speak by now. Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, the star of the day, was the last through the door.

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