In the first case, in which nine people were accused of severing the tongue of an Asian Mo’azzin, spoiling public money , breaking into a house and inciting violent attacks, the court handed over the lawyers the case documents and allowed them to meet the suspects.
The court will continue hearing of the same case on Wednesday, June 1, 2011.
The court adjourned to Thursday, June 2 another case in which seven people are charged of setting fire in the University of Bahrain (UoB), attempted murder, vandalizing the UoB buildings and holding Molotov cocktails. Some suspects are also convicted of theft.
The court also handed over the bill of indictment to the defence team, and appointed a lawyer for a defendant.
The other 103 involved in the incidents of the UoB were referred to the Misdemeanors department of the Lower National Safety Court.
Concerning the case of attempted murder of civil security officers for terrorist ends using un-authorized weapons and ammunitions, and taking part in illegal protests at the GCC Roundabout, Raed Jassim Mohammed, Qassim Hameed Khatim, Mohammed Hassan Ali, Mohammed Ibrahim Jassim and Hassan Asfoor stood trial, while the sixth defendant Salman Ahmed Mohammed was tried in absentia.
During the session, the court heard the witnesses’ testimony, and adjourned the case to June 5 when the defence team will deliver the final pleadings.
In the final case, Ali Yussef Yaqoob stood trial over attempting to murder a police officer for terrorist intentions.
During the hearing, the wintness, the suspect’s wife, indicated that her husband suffered from health problems, especially sight ones, and asserted that he did not belong to any political association.
The court allowed the defence to get a copy of the sessions’ minutes, ordered the suspect to be examined by an optician and asked the defence team to deliver the final presentation during the next session scheduled for next Sunday, June 5, 2011.
In another context, the Misdemeanors department of the Lower National Security Court held a session today and issued a number of verdicts.
Hassan Abdulla Said was found guilty of participating in illegal protests for criminal ends and disrupting public order and was sentenced to imprisonment.
Mohammed Ali Kadhem received one-year prison sentence for the same charges.
Qassim Hassan Mohammed, too, stood trial over the same charges, but the court found him not guilty and acquitted him.
Concerning Ahmed Ali Mohammed, he was jailed three years over charges of taking part in illegal protests for criminal intentions, disrupting public order and holding pamphlets aiming to overthrow the Kingdom’s political and social.
The pamphlets were confiscated.
The same court heard adjourned other cases in order to allow defendants to appoint lawyers.
Present were the Bahrain Human Rights Society member Abdulla Al Dirazi, as well as relatives of the defendants and the victims.