Siyad Gasim pleads not guilty to bribery
It emerged at Sunday’s pre-trial hearing that the prosecution is yet to obtain a crucial piece of evidence against the Villa conglomerate’s managing director.
21 May 2018, 9:00 AM
Ibrahim Siyad Gasim, son of the exiled Jumhooree Party leader, has pleaded not guilty to charges of bribery over an alleged coup attempt by the Supreme Court.
It emerged during Sunday’s pre-trial hearing that the prosecution is yet to obtain a crucial piece of evidence against the Villa conglomerate’s managing director, local media reported.
State prosecutors told the court that a secret document will be submitted to show that Villa made payments for luxury apartments reserved by Supreme Court justices.
It was revealed that the state is yet to obtain the document when Judge Ahmed Hailam ordered the prosecutor to answer the defence’s question about the number of pages.
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