Nasheed to wait on appeal until Criminal Court provides full case report
25 Mar 2015, 12:15 AM
Zaheena Rasheed
Former President Mohamed Nasheed has decided to wait on appealing a 13-year jail term until the Criminal Court provides both a full transcript of court proceedings and sufficient time to prepare, despite a looming appeal deadline of Thursday (March 26).
The Criminal Court has so far only provided a judgment summary, and not a full case report as requested by lawyers.
The court today blamed the delay in issuing the full report on Nasheed and his lawyers’ alleged refusal to sign statements they had made during court hearings.
Another unnamed individual had also failed to sign off their statements, the Criminal Court said, adding that it could not release full proceedings without the required signatures.
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