The man accused of killing right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk appeared in person in a US court for the first time on Thursday.

Tyler Robinson looked on calmly as lawyers discussed procedural issues surrounding what is expected to be one of the most keenly watched trials in modern America.

The clean-shaven 22-year-old wore a light shirt and a tie in the Utah court. The judge ruled at an earlier hearing that he did not have to appear in court in prison garb.

Kirk was shot dead on a Utah college campus in September, sparking a wave of grief among conservatives, and threats of a clampdown on the "radical left" from President Donald Trump.

Following a massive manhunt, Robinson was arrested the day after the September 10 killing when his family persuaded him to hand himself in becaus

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