High Court grants Humam a month to appoint lawyer in death penalty appeal
21 Oct 2014, 1:52 PM
Mariyath Mohamed
The High Court has granted a man convicted of killing MP Dr Afrashim Ali one month to appoint a lawyer.
Hussein Humam had requested the period at the first hearing of the appeal at the High Court this morning.
The Criminal Court sentenced Human to death on January 16, finding him guilty of intentional murder, stating Humam had assaulted the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM) MP with a sharp object and intentionally killed him.
Dr Afrasheem was found brutally murdered in the stairwell of his apartment building on October 1, 2012.
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