Judge concerned over delays in Yameen Rasheed murder trial
Monday’s hearing was cancelled after a defence lawyer called in sick.
22 Jul 2019, 9:00 AM
Hassan Mohamed
The presiding judge in the murder trial of liberal blogger Yameen Rasheed expressed concern on Monday over delays caused by forced cancellations.
Monday’s hearing was called off after defence lawyer Ahmed Yameen took a sick leave and informed the court.
The court was due to hear testimony from two prosecution witnesses.
Judge Ali Rasheed Hussain expressed concern over multiple delays and reprimanded defence lawyers. The team representing the six defendants should not request postponements when only one member was unavailable, he said.
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