British defendant charged in Oregon terrorism camp case goes to trial in New York next June
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A June trial has been scheduled for a British man accused of trying to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon.
The June 1 date was chosen Monday for Haroon Aswat.
Aswat pleaded not guilty to four terrorism charges after his extradition from Great Britain earlier this year.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest set the trial date at a brief hearing as Aswat sat quietly with his lawyers.
If convicted, he faces up to 35 years in prison.
Aswat is charged with conspiring with a radical cleric to set up a terrorist training camp in Bly, Oregon, 15 years ago. He was arrested in 2005 in Zambia.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}His lawyer says Aswat takes anti-psychotic and antidepressant drugs daily. He has been treated for paranoid schizophrenia.