State to appoint lawyer for Filipino woman charged with smuggling three kilos of cocaine
20 Nov 2013, 5:09 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Criminal Court has asked the state to appoint a defence lawyer for a Filipino woman arrested in Male airport after attempting to smuggle three kilograms of cocaine into the country, as she was not able to afford one.
According to local media present at the court today, the woman asked the court what would happen if a lawyer was not appointed and the Judge told her that the court was now working with the Attorney General (AG)’s office to appoint a lawyer.
The judge also said the court found it difficult to conduct such serious cases without the respondent having a defence lawyer.
The woman told the court that she would keep trying to make her family appoint her a lawyer.
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