Somalia Military High Court upholds earlier verdicts

Somalia Military High Court today sustained earlier sentences passed by First Degree Military Court Section 60 in Baidoa town.

The chairperson of Military Court in Baidoa Brigadier Liban Ali Yarow announced the verdict against the 3 accused who filed an appeal after they received death and life sentences.

The 3 accused persons are Mohamed Aden Ali Burrow 22years, Somow Ali Adan Ilka’ase 23years, Hassan Abdullahi Ibrahim Qorgab 28 years.

In the initial verdict, the accused Mohamed Aden Ali Burrow was sentenced to death by firing squad while Ilka’ase and Qorgab were both given life sentences.

The suspects were accused of a murder case in early July 2017 in a mosque situated in Baidoa town where a local Islamic scholar known as Sheikh Madeer Sheikh Madgab was killed. The deceased was one of the delegates that selected members of the National Parliament.

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