Two men convicted of 2011 murder sentenced to death
If the guilty verdicts are upheld by both the high court and supreme court, Abdulla Nazeef and Mohamed Shifau will join three convicts presently on death row.
04 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM
The criminal court has sentenced two men to death after handing down guilty verdicts over the murder of 25-year-old Ahmed Mirza Ibrahim in April 2011.
Abdulla Nazeef, from the Zavia house in Gnaviyani Fuvahmulah, and Mohamed Shifau, from the Fazeelamanzil house in Vilimalé, were convicted of murder based on eyewitness testimony.
Delivering the verdict on Tuesday afternoon, Chief Judge Abdul Bari Yousuf reportedly said the testimony proves that Mirza was assaulted in a revenge attack.
The medico-legal report shows that he died of injuries sustained in the assault, the judge said.
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