‘Abdali Cell’ hearing adjourned to Thursday

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KUWAIT CITY, April 20, (KUNA): The Court of Appeals postponed on Wednesday looking into the “terrorist cell” Case No. 302/2016, in which 26 defendants are involved, to Thursday for further questioning of the accused.

The court listened to a number of defendants during its hearing today, and asked the Public Prosecution to address some government bodies to send reports concerning some defendants involved in the case. Last January 12, the criminal court sentenced two of the defendants, the first and the 23rd one on the list of defendants in the terrorist cell, to death, while one of the accused in the 26 member cell was given a sentence of life imprisonment.

Other accused defendants in the case received sentences from five to ten to 15 years in prison. One of them was fined about KD 5,000 while another was acquitted of all charges against him. Furthermore, the court ordered the confiscation of all weapons that were possessed by the terrorist cell. Last September, the Public Prosecutor lodged criminal charges against the terrorist cell known as the “Al-Abdali Cell,” in which 26 defendants were put on trial over possession of huge caches of weapons and ammunition, as well as espionage for Iran and Hezbollah.

Rallyists acquitted: The Criminal Court acquitted 30 Bedoun men and a Kuwaiti citizen who were accused of gathering illegally in Jahra area and violating the orders of securitymen. According to the case file, the suspects had gathered in a group of more than five people in a public place to carry out an unlicensed demonstration. They repeatedly neglected the orders of securitymen to disperse.

Meanwhile, the Sixth Circle of the Misdemeanor Court of Appeals presided over by Judge Yousef Al-Buhairi upheld the verdict issued by a lower court which acquitted two individuals who were accused of posting insulting remarks on their Twitter accounts. During the court session, the prosecuting attorney stressed that the acts of the two defendants can be described as a violation of the Housing Law and the Municipality Law, and requested the court to punish them based on Article 209 of the Penal Code.

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