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<b>Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on trial for breaking the terms of her house arrest, has told a court she committed no crime, her lawyer says.</b>

She spoke as prosecutors ended their case days earlier than expected, lawyer Nyan Win said.

Ms Suu Kyi had been due for release on 27 May, but the charges she faces carry a maximum of five years in jail.

Observers say Burma's military rulers are using the charges to keep her in jail during an election due next year.

She faces an accusation that she allowed US national John Yettaw to stay in her home, breaching the conditions of her latest period of house arrest.

Mr Win said the presiding judge officially accepted the charges at the end of the prosecution case - which came much more rapidly than people had expected.

Prosecutors had been expected to call 22 witnesses, but the lawyer told the BBC's Burmese service that in the event far fewer had actually taken the stand.

He said the judge asked Ms Suu Kyi whether she was guilty, and she replied: "I have no guilt as I didn't commit any crime."

The trial, which is being held behind closed doors at Rangoon's Insein jail, is expected resume on Monday when her defence will present its case. 