High Court Orders ODPP to Pay Advocate Sh6.9mn Over DusitD2 Terror Prosecution
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 9 – The High Court has ordered the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) to pay advocate Abdinoor Maalim Ismail Sh6.9 million in damages after…..
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The High Court has ordered the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) to pay advocate Abdinoor Maalim Ismail KSh6.9 million in damages for prosecuting him without sufficient evidence in relation to the 2019 DusitD2 terror attack.
- The court awarded Ismail KSh5 million in general damages and KSh1.9 million in special damages.
- The key parties involved are advocate Abdinoor Maalim Ismail and the ODPP.
- Ismail was arrested in January 2019 and detained for 39 days before being acquitted three years later.
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