Appeal launched by grinder killer.Byline: RASHA AL QAHTANI A BANGLADESHI, who murdered a Bahraini man with a metal grinder Grinder A slang term for a person who works in the investment industry and makes small amounts of money at a time on small investments, over and over again. Notes: , appealed against his life sentence yesterday. Mohammed Babul ba·bul n. A tropical African tree (Acacia nilotica) that yields a gum similar to gum arabic and has a bark used in tanning. [Persian b , sentenced to 25 years in prison by the High Criminal Court in September, has denied the first-degree murder of Mohammed Jassim Al Dossary. The 38-year-old had slashed Mr Al Dossary's neck with a grinder during a heated argument, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. court documents. Mr Al Dossary was killed during a row over 500 fils at a workshop in Suq suq n. Variant of souk. Waqif, Hamad Town, last May. A medical report said he suffered a 15cm cut on the right side of his neck, a broken spinal cord spinal cord, the part of the nervous system occupying the hollow interior (vertebral canal) of the series of vertebrae that form the spinal column, technically known as the vertebral column. and several torn muscles, ligaments and tissues. The medical examiner A public official charged with investigating all sudden, suspicious, unexplained, or unnatural deaths within the area of his or her appointed jurisdiction. A medical examiner differs from a Coroner in that a medical examiner is a physician. told the Public Prosecution during investigations that the injuries caused were a result of forceful use of a grinder, according to the court documents. The workshop owner previously told the court that the Bangladeshi was short-tempered and had had arguments with customers. Defence lawyer Fatima Al Hawaj, who illustrated the murder scene with a model metal grinder at an earlier hearing, challenged the medical examiner's evidence that the nature and direction of the wound was in keeping with a deliberate attack A type of offensive action characterized by preplanned coordinated employment of firepower and maneuver to close with and destroy or capture the enemy. . She said witnesses' testimonies matched what they told the Public Prosecution earlier - that the defendant did not intend to kill Mr Al Dossary. She had argued that the death could have been a result of Mr Al Dossary pushing the Bangladeshi to the ground while holding the grinder. However, the chief medical examiner claimed earlier the Bahraini could have died as a result of two possible scenarios and he couldn't rule out the premeditated murder possibility or the defence claim that the victim pushed him during the argument. Ms Al Hawaj had also claimed the victim could have been saved by better treatment, but the medical examiner insisted the wound was fatal. The appeal case was adjourned until January 3 for prosecutors to present their defence statement. rasha@gdn.com.bh Copyright 2009 Gulf Daily News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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