State to appoint lawyer to Hanaa in her appeal case
05 Mar 2014, 6:51 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Attorney General’s Office has said that it will appoint a lawyer for Fathimath Hanaa, who was sentenced to death after the court found her guilty of assisting Ahmed Murrath in murdering of prominent lawyer Ahmed Najeeb.
In the latest hearing of her appeal case, the High Court bench had announced that Hanaa was not eligible for a state-appointed lawyer.
Hanaa had subsequently told the court that she needed three months to appoint a lawyer, with the Prosecutor General’s Office giving no objection to this request.
However, the Attorney General’s office has today told local media that Hanaa now meets the requirements after she submitted additional documents to the office.
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