Ex-defence minister’s final hearing on illegal weapons pushed back to Thursday evening
25 Mar 2015, 11:46 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
The Criminal Court has pushed back the last hearing in former Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim’s illegal weapons charge to Thursday evening.
Defence lawyers today requested additional time to listen to recordings of witness testimony from previous hearings before they issued concluding statements.
The three-judge panel gave lawyers until 4:00pm on Thursday to prepare. Judges could deliver a verdict at their discretion afterwards.
Defence lawyers once again requested the three-judge panel to allow Nazim to leave the country, claiming doctors had said the retired colonel faced a potentially life-threatening condition, and had recommended he be flown abroad as soon as possible for medical tests that are not available in the Maldives.
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