Court upholds death sentence for Afrasheem murder convict
Hussain Humam, who was found guilty in January 2013, had appealed his conviction at the appellate court. The five-judge panel at the High Court ruled unanimously today that there were no grounds to overturn the lower court’s verdict.
07 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM
The High Court today upheld the death sentence of a convict found guilty of murdering MP Dr Afrasheem Ali in October 2012.
Hussain Humam, who was found guilty in January 2013, had appealed his conviction at the appellate court. The five-judge panel at the High Court ruled unanimously today that there were no grounds to overturn the lower court’s verdict.
The ruling noted that Humam had twice confessed to the crime during the criminal court trial. Although Humam had retracted the confession, the judges said he had not shown a valid reason and that a High Court precedent had established that confessions in such cases cannot be retracted.
The judges also noted that the guilty verdict was also based on witness statements, which backed Humam’s confession.
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