Police have revealed last night that both suspects Ahmed Murrath, 29 of Maafannu Masroora and18 year old Fathimath Hana of Shaviyani Atoll Goidhoo, Rihaab have confessed to the brutal stabbing murder of prominent lawyer Ahmed Najeeb on Sunday night. Police media official Sub Inspector Hassan Haneef detailed that both suspects had confessed to the murder in front of a Judge when they had been taken to court to extend their period of detention.
The suspects had revealed details of how the murder was carried out, Haneef added.
The Court had extended the period of detention of both Murrath and Hana by 15 days.
The brutalized body of Najeeb was discovered inside a large garbage can in a second floor room of Maafannu Masroora. Reports indicate that Najeeb’s face had been mauled with a sharp object at the time of discovery.
Police claimed that Murrath had been intoxicated even when he had been taken into custody. The male suspect had been released on October 18 of last year under the second chance program while he was serving a 12 year prison sentence for a drug related offence, Police detailed.
Police added that Murrath had only served three years, three months and 22 days of his 12 year sentence when he was released.
In addition to the 12 year sentence, Murrath had also been sentenced to another 12 years for a similar drug related offence, two months for theft and robbery and in 2005 he was sentenced to four months for escaping from jail.
Murrath’s criminal record according to Police also include two months in prison for assault, six months for disobeying orders and another six months in house arrest for theft.
Furthermore, Police said that a drug related case in 2008 against Murrath had been forwarded to the Prosecutor General’s office while a similar offence in 2010 was still under investigation.
Police detailed that various other cases were also be investigated which involved the male suspect, while most of the sentences against Murrath had not even been enforced thus far.
While Murrath’s criminal record is quite extensive, Police said that the female suspect Hana had no previous record of committed crimes.
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