Combative Jimmy Lai trial won't see verdict until at least October

Open this photo in gallery: Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is seen in a 2020 file photo.Vincent Yu/The Associated Press A verdict in the marathon national security trial of Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai is not expected until October, a court said this week. Mr. Lai, 77, has spent more than 1,500 days in custody, and 45 days testifying, since his arrest on national security charges in 2020. Prosecutors have tried to paint the former Apple Daily publisher as the architect of widespread anti-government protests that rocked Hong Kong in 2019, and accused him of…