Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar today failed in his bid to refer to Anwar Ibrahim's previous convictions for abuse of power and Sodomy II as part of his defence in the former opposition leader's defamation suit.

Khairy's lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah had applied to pose questions regarding court judgments on the two cases, along with Anwar's acquittal of Sodomy I charge by the Federal Court in 2004.