Ex-defence minister’s appeal: Court set to deliver verdict next week
Six police officers involved in arms raid on Mohamed Nazim’s home provided anonymous testimony today. Judges said they will deliver a verdict on March 15.
10 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
The High Court will issue a verdict on an appeal filed by former Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim over a weapons smuggling conviction on March 15.
The appellate court heard today anonymised testimony from six police officers of the elite SWAT unit who had broken into Nazim’s home more than a year ago.
The criminal court had refused to call all but two of the 37 defence witnesses, claiming some were not relevant while others could not negate the prosecution’s case.
The testimony given by SWAT team officers today at times contradicted the other, but all denied having planted a bag containing a pistol and bullets in a bedside drawer, as claimed by Nazim.
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