Chief judge takes over all of Adeeb’s trials, holds back-to-back hearings
The controversial chief judge of the criminal court, Abdul Bari Yoosuf, has taken charge of all five trials on graft and terror charges against former Vice President Ahmed Abeeb. On Wednesday, he concluded hearing evidence in three of the trials and is holding back-to-back hearings in a terrorism trial today.
02 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
The controversial chief judge of the criminal court, Abdul Bari Yoosuf, has taken charge of all five trials on graft and terror charges against former Vice President Ahmed Abeeb.
In an abrupt move announced on Wednesday, Bari said he was taking over from the various judges previously overseeing the cases.
On the same day, Bari wrapped up hearing evidence in a trial on a terror charge against Adeeb for allegedly possessing weapons, a second on a charge of embezzling state funds, and a third on a charge of abuse of authority that relates to a blast on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat.
Adeeb was not allowed to call defence witnesses in the graft trial and was not able to summon witnesses in the boat blast trial with lawyers saying they were only given an hour to do so.
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