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<p>A British security contractor on trial for the alleged murder of two colleagues in Iraq is expected to find out his fate.</p>
<p>Judges in the case of Danny Fitzsimons, 30, from Greater Manchester, will make a ruling after considering medical reports on his mental state at the time of the shooting in August 2009.</p>
<p>He is the first Westerner to be tried by an Iraqi court since the start of the Iraq war nearly eight years ago and could face the death penalty if convicted.</p>
<p>Fitzsimons told a three-judge panel last month that he was acting in self-defence when he shot his ArmorGroup colleagues Paul McGuigan, a former Royal Marine from Peebles in the Scottish Borders, and Australian Darren Hoare.</p>
<p>His account that they had threatened to kill him after a whisky-fuelled brawl in Baghdad&#8217;s Green Zone has been disputed by Mr McGuigan&#8217;s fiancee Nicci Prestage.</p>
<p>Fitzsimons is charged with two counts of premeditated murder and the attempted murder of an Iraqi guard.</p>
<p>He pleaded not guilty to the killings but asked the judges to consider a plea agreement that would convict him on lesser manslaughter charges.</p>
<p>The court was expected to pass verdict on January 23, but the judges moved for an adjournment to consider Fitzsimons&#8217; mental state and the trial will resume today.</p>
<p>Ms Prestage, 37, said the stress of waiting for the verdict was &#8220;intolerable.&#8221;</p>
<p>She lives in Tameside near Manchester with her daughters Elsie-Mai, Mr McGuigan&#8217;s child who was born prematurely just weeks after his death, and 13-year-old Leigh.</p>
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