Yameen Rasheed murder trial resumes
The slain blogger’s family was allowed to attended a hearing for the first time.
12 Oct 2018, 9:00 AM
Slain blogger Yameen Rasheed’s family attended a hearing of his murder trial for the first time on Thursday.
Preliminary hearings were held behind closed doors from September 2017 to April this year. The first open hearing took place in late July after a series of cancellations, but his family was not allowed into the courtroom.
At Thursday’s hearing, the court allowed only five members of the public to attend – three members from Yameen Rasheed’s family and two family members of the seven suspects.
Five ‘criminal court trainees’ were allowed into the seating area.
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