Maldives top court quashes death by stoning verdict for adultery
It was the second time a woman was sentenced to death by stoning in the Maldives.
07 Jan 2019, 9:00 AM
The Supreme Court has overturned a death by stoning verdict handed by an island magistrate court to a woman found guilty of having extramarital sex.
The Naifaru magistrate court’s trial and sentencing violated the provision of the 2014 sex crimes law cited by the Prosecutor General’s office in charging the woman, the apex court ruled Monday, a day after the verdict was delivered by Magistrate Sheikh Mohamed Moosa.
It was the second time a woman was sentenced to death by stoning in the Maldives.
The first verdict handed by the Gemanafushi magistrate court in October 2015 to a woman charged with birth out of wedlock was quashed by the Supreme Court on the same day.
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