High Court overturns order to release man arrested for child abuse in Kanduhulhudhoo island
16 Mar 2014, 1:34 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The High Court has overturned a decision made by the Villingili Magistrate Court in Gaafu Alifu Atoll to release a 55 year-old man arrested on charges of molesting an 11 year-old girl.
The incident is said to have taken place in the island of Kanduhulhudhoo in Gaafu Alifu Atoll.
“The man was arrested on February 21 at about 6pm and Villingili Magistrate Court first extended his detention period to three days, and when police took him to the court to further extend the detention period the court decided there was no reason to do so,’’ the police statement said.
Police revealed that this decision was later appealed at the High Court which has ordered that the suspect be held in pretrial detention for 15 days.
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