BAGHDAD, March 13 (Xinhuanet) -- The trial of the toppled president Saddam Hussein and seven of his co-defendants adjourned on Monday until Wednesday after three defendants testified.

    Before the trial adjourned, the third defendant on Monday's session, the former Iraqi vice-president Taha Yassin Ramadan, accused the investigation judge of fabricating charges against him.

    "I didn't have any role in the Dujail affairs," Ramadan said, as he was reading a statement to the court before tackling his testimony in the investigation magistrate.

    Earlier in the session, chief judge Raouf Rashid Abdul Rahman summoned two defendants, Mohammed Azawi Ali, a former Baath official in the Dujail region, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former head of Saddam's Revolutionary Court, to testify.

    Defendants took the stand in their own defense one by one. During Sunday's session, three minor former Baath party officials had already testified, all denying role in the Dujail case.

    Saddam, who did not appear in court on Sunday, is expected to take his turn of testimony later this week. Enditem