Adeeb’s terror trial delayed after witnesses fail to turn up again
Prosecutors once again failed to produce witnesses in a terror trial against former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, accused of carrying a pistol on May Day last year.
22 May 2016, 9:00 AM
Prosecutors once again failed to produce witnesses in a terror trial against former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, accused of carrying a pistol on May Day last year.
Judges were told that only one of the two anonymous witnesses had turned up to court today. Prosecutors said they were unable to contact the second witness.
Adeeb has previously denied the charge and said he was unaware of any evidence against him except for statements by two individuals who claimed he had carried a pistol on May 1, when tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets over the jailing of political prisoners.
Only the security forces are allowed to carry weapons in the Maldives.
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