Couple charged with aborting child deny murder charges in court
28 May 2013, 5:54 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Criminal Court has conducted its first hearing into charges of murder against a couple who allegedly aborted their 20-week old foetus.
The local media present at the court identified the couple as Aiminath Shaahy Aalam, 21 and Ibrahim Visam, 26, both from Addu City.
The mother Aiminath Shaahy Aalam was given the opportunity to respond to the charges and told the court she had previously stated how the incident occurred in the statement she gave to police.
The statement was read out in court, in which she confessed she had not sought medical care when she knew she was pregnant, and that she and her husband had discussed the matter and decided to abort the child. According to the statement, she confessed to taking abortion pills.
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