The 1st Instance National Safety (Criminal) Court continued considering the case of formation of an armed gang and joining other accomplices in committing physical assault on other person(s) and in rallying in which 17 persons were accused including Mohammed Habib al-Meqdad.
Upon permission from the military public prosecution, the publishing of details of the case being considered before the national safety court has been allowed.
The honorable court decided to refer the case to the competent lower civil court together with other accused persons because the court deemed the incident does not constitute a crime.
The 1st Instance National Safety (Criminal) Court continued considering the second case of attempted murder and rallying in which 6 persons were accused.
The court heard both defense witnesses upon the defense attorney’s request. The defense attorney’s questions posed to the defense witnesses focused on deciding their kinship with the defendants and their whereabouts on the day of the incident i.e 13 March 2011 in Hamad Town and the nature of the work done by the defendants at that time. The court decided to adjourn the case until the session on Thursday October, 6, 2011 for deliberation and issuance of verdict provided that the conclusive pleadings should be submitted by the defense attorney not later than Sunday October, 2, 2011.
The 1st Instance National Safety (Criminal) Court continued considering the case of attempted murder and rallying in which Abbass Hassan Ali Mal-Allah is accused.
The honorable court heard both defense witnesses upon the defense attorney’s request. The statements of both defense witnesses comprised a narrative of the annals of Nuvedrat incident on May, 15, 2011 where the accused person smashed security men with his new white-colored Toyota automobile.
The defense attorney’s questions posed to both defense witnesses focused on deciding the whereabouts of both defense witnesses and the reason why they happened to be in the said location in addition to deciding the nature of the security situation at the time when the incident happened and how security men responded to the accused person and his brother and deciding the location where the smashing by automobile took place and the number of police cars available at the that time at the Nuvedrat entrance and whether the plaintiff’s witnesses sustained any injuries as a result of the incident and whether they saw the moment when the smashing by car took place. Then, the honorable court heard both defense witnesses upon the defense attorney’s request.
The plaintiff’s Attorney’s questioned the defense witnesses about the details of the incident and whether they had been subjected to any attack and deciding the defendant’s whereabouts in the said area. In a question posed by the defense attorney whether the defense witnesses saw the smashing at the moment when it occurred, they answered: Negative. The honorable court decided to adjourn the case until the session on Thursday October, 6, 201 for deliberation and issuance of verdict provided that the conclusive pleadings should be submitted by the defense attorney(s) not later than Sunday October, 2, 2011.
On the fourth case, the 1st Instance National Safety (Criminal) Court continued considering the case of attempted murder and rallying and instigation of hatred against the regime in which Sadiq Taher Ebrahim is accused. The Honorable Court heard both plaintiffs’ witnesses upon the defense attorney’s request. The two plaintiff’s witnesses spoke about the details of Sitra incident where someone drove a golden-colored Toyota automobile at a high velocity chasing security men amidst sandy pitch in order to smash them and he was able to smash a number of security men who were beaten afterwards by mobsters.
The defense Attorney’s questions posed to the defense witnesses focused on deciding the speed of the said car and the number of security men available at the sandy pitch at that time in addition to deciding the interval distances between the security men and the car used in committing the crime and the location where the mobsters happened to rally and the manner of tackling the car and its driver.
The honorable court decided to adjourn the case until the session on Thursday, 6, 2011 for deliberation and issuance of verdict provided that the conclusive pleadings should be submitted by the defense Attorney’s not later than Sunday October, 2, 2011.
The court hearing was attended by media representatives as well as a number of relatives of the accused persons.