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November 16, 2011

Criminal Court concludes hearing in ‘dangerous criminal’ suit

The Criminal Court has concluded hearings in a case concerning Aseel Ismail, who was listed by the police as a ‘Dangerous Criminal’.
In the suit, the Prosecutor General accused Aseel of attacking a man using a knife and disturbing the peace during an unlawful assembly.
Aseel was already sentenced to eight years after the Criminal Court found him guilty of attacking a man with a machete.
The media reported that the court had scheduled to hear the victim speak, but was unable to hear from him he had since died of his injuries.
The media reported that the judge will deliver a verdict in the next hearing.

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