Trial of Eliane Saftali adjourned

The head of the Military Court of Cassation, Judge Hani Latouf, deferred to June 29 the hearing in the case of murder of Eliane Saftali by Hassan Ahmad Hamiyeh who managed to escape prison (news: http://bit.ly/2nfVwVI ) for two reasons. The first, because the attorney of one of the defendants, Yassir Hamiyeh, did not show up, and the second, because the Beirut Bar Association did not send feedback on the Court’s request to assign a lawyer from the legal aid to defend the other convict, sergeant Talib Hamiyeh. Noting, that the Court has begun questioning the accused as of the end of last month. On the subject, Al Diyar newspaper wrote that the case of Saftali is likely to see many rounds of adjournment after it came out during the hearing by the Court of Cassation that the scene needs crossword clue answers. In every hearing, the newspaper said, new complications emerge that lead to putting off the trial. Moreover, the main hitch is linked to the prime suspect who, it was not known until now, if he was notified with the repeal by the Permanent Military Court of the verdict and its approval by the Court of Cassation which, as a result, decided to retry the convicts. )Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, June 21, 2017(

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