Court Sentenced Death To Two Of The Suspects In The 360 Mall Murder Case To Death By Hanging

The Court of Appeals revoked the verdict of a lower court that sentenced two of the suspects in the 360 Mall murder case to death by hanging, life imprisonment for another suspect and 10 years imprisonment for two other suspects. The higher court commuted the death sentence imposed on the two suspects to 10 years with hard labor while the three other suspects were acquitted. Case files indicate the suspects were involved in a public brawl between youths in the 360 Mall, leading to the death of one youth. The Public Prosecution charged the suspects with premeditated murder, saying they planned the killing of the victim as they carried knives and waylaid the victim. One of the suspects is said to have stabbed the victim with a knife while another kept on kicking different parts of the victim’s body, two other suspects beat the victim using their hands and another suspect was at the scene of the crime condoning the act. The victim sustained serious injuries, leading to his death. Attorney Zaid Al-Khabbaz, lawyer for the suspect accused of being an accomplice as he condoned the killing, argued in court that the case lacks substance affirming the suspects had no intention to kill the victim in one way or another and his client had no role in it. He also pointed out loopholes in the investigation, so he demanded for acquittal of his client due to the absence of incriminating evidence.

 

SOURCE : ARABTIMES

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