Appeal court upholds acquittal sentence in Zirconium case.A Dubai appeal court affirmed af·firm v. af·firmed, af·firm·ing, af·firms v.tr. 1. To declare positively or firmly; maintain to be true. 2. To support or uphold the validity of; confirm. v.intr. the acquittal The legal and formal certification of the innocence of a person who has been charged with a crime. Acquittals in fact take place when a jury finds a verdict of not guilty. of an Emirati and Jordanian nationals issued by a lower court on charges of facilitating the selling of 250 kilograms of zirconium zirconium (zərkō`nēəm), metallic chemical element; symbol Zr; at. no. 40; at. wt. 91.22; m.p. about 1,852°C;; b.p. 4,377°C;; sp. gr. 6.5 at 20°C;; valence +2, +3, or +4. -- a metal used in nuclear reactors -- and planning to ship it to another country via transit. Saeed Al Ghilani, defence lawyer for both suspects S.B., legal consultant and A.A., told the appeal court that his clients' arrest was invalid as it was carried out without any prior investigation. The material, he said, was not found or seized at the Jebel Ali Jebel Ali (جبل علي in Arabic) (also sometime written "Mina Jabal Ali") is a port ("Mina" in Arabic) town, located thirty-five kilometres southwest of the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. warehouse which was raided and inspected by police. He added there isn't proof to back the allegations that his clients were corresponding with any party from another country regarding selling the Zirconium. Ghilani countered that an expert's report about the zirconium in question is not used in nuclear reactors. Copyright 2009 Al Nisr Media FZ LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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