Woman says threats made her plead guilty to son’s murder
Three-year-old Ibthihaal Mohamed was found dead at his home in Vaavu Rakeedhoo island in 2015.
08 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM
The mother of a young boy who was beaten to death denied killing her son after months of proclaiming her guilt, local media reported.
Three-year-old Ibthihaal Mohamed was found dead at his home in Vaavu Rakeedhoo island in 2015. His mother Aafiya Mohamed had previously pleaded guilty to the murder.
But at Wednesday’s hearing she named two people – Abdul Fahthaah and Zareena – as having threatened her while she was in custody to plead guilty.
Judge Muhthaz Fahmy and the prosecutors asked her why she did not raise this matter before.
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