18 Sep 2019, 9:00 AM
Hassan Mohamed
The criminal court has acquitted two defendants 13 years after they were charged with the murder of Mohamed Shihab from the island of Villigili in Gaafu Alif atoll.
Shihab died of injuries in 2006 after he was severely beaten up by a group of young men while he was visiting the neighbouring Maamendhoo island.
The two defendants cleared of murder charges last week, Ali Masood Saeed and Mohamed Shifraz, were previously found guilty and sentenced to death in 2008 along with co-defendants Mohamed Gasim and Fariyaz Ahmed.
But their convictions were overturned on appeal and the High Court ordered a retrial in the cases of Masood and Shifraz.
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