Cleared of killing - but still in jail.Byline: GEOFFREY BEW A MAN still in prison despite being acquitted of premeditated murder in February must spend at least another six weeks behind bars before his fate is decided. Sami Kannu, 41, has already waited five months for the Cassation CASSATION, French law. A decision which emanates from the sovereign authority, and by which a sentence or judgment in the last resort is annulled., Merl. Rep. h.t. This jurisdiction is now given to the Cour de Cassation. 2. Court to fix a date for the next instalment of his trial, after prosecutors appealed against his acquittal. However, the country's judges started their annual holiday on Tuesday and will not return until September 1. His lawyer Mohammed Al Watani confirmed he was still waiting for a date to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. , but said he had no idea how long the process would take. Mr Kannu was arrested after he reported the discovery of an Indian woman's dead body on Valentine's Day in 2006. He was subsequently convicted of premeditated murder and jailed for life by the High Criminal Court in May last year, despite overwhelming evidence that he was innocent. In February, the Supreme Criminal Appeal Court cleared Mr Kannu of suffocating suf·fo·cate v. suf·fo·cat·ed, suf·fo·cat·ing, suf·fo·cates v.tr. 1. To kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen. 2. To impair the respiration of; asphyxiate. 3. the woman and he was expected to be released. However, the Public Prosecution appealed against that judgement and the case is now being reviewed by the Cassation Court - the highest court in Bahrain. Mr Kannu, from Tamil Nadu, India, is being held at the Hidd Detention Centre despite winning his appeal. He was also sentenced to an extra month in jail after being found guilty of living in Bahrain without a valid residence permit - despite the fact that it expired while he was serving his murder sentence. He reported the grisly discovery at Manama Police Station and was later convicted of premeditated murder - even though hair found in the 27-year-old woman's hand, which she apparently ripped from her attacker's head before she died, did not match his DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. . Seminal fluid seminal fluid n. Semen, especially its fluid component without spermatozoa. found on the dead woman's clothes and blood found on the pillow used to suffocate suf·fo·cate v. 1. To impair the respiration of; asphyxiate. 2. To suffer from lack of oxygen; to be unable to breathe. suf her were also not his, according to a forensics See computer forensics. report. However, he was jailed after prosecutors argued he had let himself into the victim's flat and attacked her. Mr Kannu earlier claimed he only entered the apartment because the woman did not answer the door and he was there to collect the rent. geoff@gdn.com.bh Copyright A[umlaut] 2008 Gulf Daily News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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