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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/more-agony-as-iraq-trial-delayed.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Paul McGuigan was gunned down in Iraq alongside Australian Darren Hoare in August 2009" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-more-agony-as-iraq-trial-delayed.jpg" alt="Paul McGuigan was gunned down in Iraq alongside Australian Darren Hoare in August 2009"/></a></p>
<p>The fiancee of a British security worker killed in an execution-style shooting in Iraq faces further &#8220;agony&#8221; after his alleged killer&#8217;s trial was adjourned again.</p>
<p>Paul McGuigan, 37, a former Royal Marine originally from Peebles in the Scottish Borders, was gunned down alongside Australian Darren Hoare in August 2009.</p>
<p>Their alleged killer Danny Fitzsimons, 30, from Greater Manchester, worked alongside the two men for private security firm ArmourGroup in Iraq&#8217;s fortified green zone.</p>
<p>A Baghdad court was expected to pass verdict, but the judge moved for yet another adjournment to consider his mental state. He could face the death penalty if he is convicted of the killing.</p>
<p>The case has already faced several delays while the judge considers whether to allow Mr Fitzsimon&#8217;s previous diagnosis of post-traumatic stress syndrome to be allowed into evidence.</p>
<p>Fitzsimons is charged with two counts of premeditated murder for shooting the British and Australian contractors, and attempted murder of an Iraqi guard.</p>
<p>He has pleaded not guilty, claiming he was mentally ill at the time and acting in self-defence.</p>
<p>Mr McGuigan&#8217;s fiancee Nicci Prestage, 37, made in impassioned plea for the court to disregard the diagnosis, claiming there was scant evidence to support the claim. She also said her fiance had met Fitzsimons only a few hours before his death, and refuted defence claims that they were involved in a drunken brawl.</p>
<p>The Iraqi judge set a preliminary date of February 20 for Fitzsimon&#8217;s next hearing to allow him to consider further evidence.</p>
<p>Miss Prestage said: &#8220;It is both frustrating and upsetting to hear there will be yet another delay before we have the outcome of the trial. People have no idea of the agony victims and their families go through at times like this.&#8221;</p>
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