Judge declares previous defence statement a “confession” in Kuredu quad-bike case
10 Apr 2012, 9:40 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Criminal Court has held the third hearing into the trial of 23 year-old Swedish national Filip Eugen Petre, who stands accused of crashing a quad bike on Kuredu Island Resort that resulted in the death of a young newlywed British couple during their honeymoon vacation.
Petre faces charges of disobedience to order for his alleged role in driving the quad bike at the resort on August 6, after it crashed into a tree whilst carrying British nationals Emma and Jonathan Gray.
As the trial resumed today, the prosecution argued that Petre’s lawyer had confessed during the last hearing that his client had been driving the quad bike as it crashed – a view backed by presiding judge Judge Abdul Baary Yousuf.
According to Article 88 of the Penal Code, disobedience to order is a crime and according to Article 88(c), if the result of violating the article is linked to a death, the case shall be dealt accordingly to Islamic Sharia. The prosecution has previously contended that under Islamic Sharia, if an offender’s action is found to caused the death of a person, the offender shall be punished.
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