Two “dangerous criminals” to be set free if police witnesses fail to appear in court, warns judge
27 Aug 2011, 2:33 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
A Criminal Court judge handling the case of two persons identified by police as “dangerous criminals” has claimed that police had “not cooperated” with the court and that both may have to be released.
Thursday’s hearing of the case against Ahmed Shareef of Gaafu Dhaalu Nadella and Maadhih Mohamed of Laamu Gan, had to be cancelled after police officers who were supposed to testify as witnesses failed to appear, according to local media.
The media reported the judge as saying that it was the fourth hearing in the trial that had to be cancelled because the two police officers did not appear, and stated that the court was informed that one police officer was on vacation while the other was not turning up for work.
The judge said that a hearing would be scheduled for next week and that if the two police officers failed to appear, the two suspects would be released from custody.
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