Demjanjuk arrives in wheelchair for trial

John Demjanjuk was brought by wheelchair into a Munich court this morning to face charges of being an accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews at a Nazi death camp.

It marked the opening the final chapter of some 30 years of efforts to prosecute the retired Ohio car worker.

The 89-year-old's trial began with Demjanjuk's lawyer filing a motion against the judge and prosecutors, accusing them of bias.

Ulrich Busch charged that the case should never have been brought to trial.

He cited cases in which Germans who were assigned to the Sobibor camp in occupied Poland, where prosecutors allege Demjanjuk served as a guard, were acquitted.

'How can you say that those who gave the orders were innocent ... and the one who received the orders is guilty?' Busch told the court. 'There is a moral and legal double standard being applied today.'

Demjanjuk was deported in May from the United States to Germany, and has been in custody since then. He could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

A doctor who examined Demjanjuk two hours before he was wheeled into the courtroom, covered in a light blue blanket and wearing a baseball cap, said his vital signs were all stable.

The families of his alleged 27,900 victims insist he must face justice in what is being billed as the last great Nazi war crimes case.

Some 250 journalists from around the world are in Munich for the trial, which will be limited to two 90-minute sessions per day due to Demjanjuk's frail condition.

His family claim he is suffering from a bone marrow disease and could have just months to live.

The trial is expected to last until May. More

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