Ex-VP’s conviction over assassination attempt overturned
The High Court quashed the 15-year jail sentence and ordered a retrial.
20 May 2019, 9:00 AM
The High Court on Monday overturned former vice president Ahmed Adeeb’s conviction on a terrorism charge raised over an alleged attempt to assassinate former president Abdulla Yameen.
Adeeb was convicted of terrorism and corruption and sentenced to 33 years in the wake of an explosion on the president’s speedboat in September 2015.
A three-judge High Court panel quashed his 15-year jail sentence and ordered a retrial.
The decision was based on a Supreme Court order last year for Adeeb’s release on the grounds of political influence over his rushed trial, his lawyer Ismail Mohamed told the Maldives Independent.
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