Ajmal Kasab expresses fury during court appeal

The Mumbai attacks gunman spat on a camera and argued with prison officers at a court hearing to appeal his sentence.

MUMBAI: The only gunman caught alive during the 2008 Mumbai attacks spat on a camera and argued with prison officers at a court hearing on Tuesday to appeal against his death sentence, reports said.

Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab is following proceedings at the Bombay High Court from jail where he is being held in solitary confinement for security reasons.

After demanding to be present in person the 23-year-old Pakistani national took out his frustrations on video-conferencing equipment and shouted at jail staff, the Press Trust of India said.

He was found guilty in May this year of a string of offences, including waging war against India and murder, and sentenced to death for his part in the attacks, which left 166 people dead and more than 300 others injured.

Under Indian law the local state high court has to confirm death sentences.

Kasab has a further right of appeal to the Supreme Court in New Delhi and to the country's president as a last resort.