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Court acquits pair arrested for 2009 armed robbery of Campus Didi

12 Sep 2011, 19:44
Ahmed Nazeer
The Criminal Court has acquitted two persons arrested for the alleged street robbery of prominent businessman Ahmed Ibrahim ‘Campus’ Didi.
In the one paragraph verdict uploaded on the Criminal Court’s official website, the court stated that not enough evidence to rule that the pair was guilty was presented to the court.
The two persons charged in the matter were Aseel Ismail, 20 of Henveiru Agi and Gassan Ali of Fares-Mathoda in Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll.
On 28 December 2009, ‘Campus’ Didi was stabbed and robbed of almost US$300,000 in cash while he was on his way back to home with the proceeds of sales from his shops in Male’.

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