San Francisco: trial begins in killing of tech executive

Jury selection to begin as Nima Momeni accused of murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee in April last year

Proceedings begin Monday in the trial of Nima Momeni, the 38-year-old tech entrepreneur accused of murdering Cash App co-founder Bob Lee in San Francisco last year in a saga that has shaken the tech community.

Momeni is accused of stabbing Lee, 43, to death in the early-morning hours of 5 April last year. The two were acquaintances, and had allegedly disputed over Lee’s relationship with Momeni’s sister, Khazar Elyassnia.