NEW-YORK, November 2 - RAPSI. A New York court will continue discussing behind closed doors the verdict to Russian entrepreneur Viktor Bout, who was arrested in Thailand on charges for crimes against the United States.

The jury withdrew to the consultation room to pass the verdict on Tuesday.

The United States charged Bout with conspiring to kill Americans and U.S. officials, illegal surface-to-air missile trafficking, and supporting terrorism through cooperation with the Colombian guerilla organization FARC. Bout denied all charges.

The verdict must be passed unanimously. Otherwise the case will be submitted to a new jury for reconsideration. The jury is not limited as to the time to pass the verdict.
The trial began in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on October 11. Four witnesses for the prosecution testified in the case. The defense did not provide its witnesses, Bout refrained from testifying.

The Federal Court handed to each juror a standard document, which has the "guilty" and "not guilty" answers under each of four charges brought against the Russian entrepreneur. Bout may be partially acquitted.