High Court supports ten-year prison sentence for Thol'hath

High Court has supported the ten-year prison sentence passed against the former Defence Minister, Thol'hath Ibrahim Kaleyfaanu, by the Criminal Court for his involvement in the unlawful arrested of the Chief Judge of the Criminal Court, Abdulla Mohamed.

Thol'hath appealed the sentence at the High Court in 2015. The first hearing in the appeal case was held in March 2015.

Delivering the High Court verdict today after reviewing the case, the court decided that the ten-year prison sentence against Thol'hath was passed down by the Criminal Court is legitimate as the charge of terrorism sticks.

High Court bench reviewing the case consists of Judge Abdulla Hameed, Judge Abdul Rauf Ibrahim and Judge Ali Sameer.

The High Court decision was made by the unanimous vote of all three Judges on the bench.

While the former Defence Minister,Thol'hath has been sentenced to ten years in prison, only the former President, Mohamed Nasheed was convicted among the others charged in the crime.