DAVID Headley, who is charged with scouting targets for the 2008 assault on Mumbai that killed more than 160 people, will plead guilty this week, court records showed on Thursday (March 11).

Headley, 49, has been cooperating with US investigators since his arrest in October and has been held without bond.

In a court filing, a change of plea hearing was scheduled for tomorrow afternoon in US District Court in Chicago.

Headley faces two sets of charges and the documents did not specify which were involved in his plea change. His attorney was not immediately available for comment.

He previously pleaded not guilty to charges of providing material support to terrorism and conspiracy to bomb public places in India. Headley, who has close ties to Pakistan, had also pleaded not guilty to charges he was plotting to attack a Danish newspaper for publishing cartoons depicting the Prophet, which offended many Muslims.

Prosecutors said Headley made several scouting trips to India and to Denmark, using an immigration business as cover for his travels.

He then passed on information to his contacts with the Muslim militant group Laskar-e-Taiba in Pakistan, according to court documents.