Postponement of the trial of murderer of wife Manal Assi to March 2nd

New in the case of the victim Manal Assi,  Mohammad Al Nu7haili, the husband accused of the murder, was present yesterday to appear before the Criminal Court of Cassation presided by Judge Suhair Al Harakeh, noting that this is the first time he appears before that court since the date the murder was committed on February 2014. Al Nu7haili repeated the same preliminary statement he gave at the internal security forces platoon center in ‘Tareek Jdeedeh’ and at the Criminal Court in Beirut, about how the crime was committed, that is, when he discovered that his wife has a relationship with another man, he ‘hit her three or four slaps’ before he went to his work then to went her house to transport her to the hospital where she drew her last breath, Al Nu7haili insisted on denying what was revealed by the coroner who spoke about ‘several bruises visible on her body in addition to wounds’, and repeated the statement that he did not kick her or beat her with any sharp instrument, also that he did not lock the door of the house when leaving, where he left her with her mother and her brother who came upon a call he made, insisting that when he left she did not suffer from anything. Based on that, the court decided to adjourn till the second of next March, to hear witnesses including the two daughters of the accused, noting that the victim’s family has dropped personal charges against the accused and the statements of her mother and her brother will be heard as witnesses. It is worth noting that by next November Al Nu7haili would have finished his first sentence of five years and will be released even if the Court of Cassation did not finish his trial.  (Annahar, Al Mustaqbal, January 20, 2017)

 

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