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| James Holmes trial: Batman cinema gunman guilty of murder | James Holmes trial: Batman cinema gunman guilty of murder |
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| A man who killed 12 people and injured 70 others when he opened fire in a crowded Colorado cinema in 2012 has been found guilty of murder. | A man who killed 12 people and injured 70 others when he opened fire in a crowded Colorado cinema in 2012 has been found guilty of murder. |
| James Holmes, 27, was found guilty on multiple counts of murder and attempted murder for the shooting at a midnight premiere of a Batman film near Denver. | James Holmes, 27, was found guilty on multiple counts of murder and attempted murder for the shooting at a midnight premiere of a Batman film near Denver. |
| He had pleaded not guilty due to insanity - his defence said he was controlled by his schizophrenia. | He had pleaded not guilty due to insanity - his defence said he was controlled by his schizophrenia. |
| Prosecutors may now seek the death penalty for the neuroscience student. | Prosecutors may now seek the death penalty for the neuroscience student. |
| The panel of nine women and three men rejected the claim that Holmes was legally insane. | The panel of nine women and three men rejected the claim that Holmes was legally insane. |
| Holmes faced 164 charges of murder and attempted murder, as well as one count of possession of explosives. | |
| During the 49-day trial with more than 250 witnesses, the court heard Holmes entered the cinema in Aurora where The Dark Knight Rises was being screened, armed with an assault rifle, a shotgun and a pistol. | During the 49-day trial with more than 250 witnesses, the court heard Holmes entered the cinema in Aurora where The Dark Knight Rises was being screened, armed with an assault rifle, a shotgun and a pistol. |
| There were 400 people in the screening when Holmes, dressed head-to-toe in black body armour, entered through an emergency exit and appeared by the screen. | |
| His victims included two servicemen, a man celebrating his 27th birthday and an aspiring broadcaster who had survived a mall shooting in Toronto. Several died shielding friends or loved ones. | |
| The youngest to be killed was a six-year-old girl whose mother suffered a miscarriage and was paralysed in the attack. |