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| DPP appeals acquittal of British terror suspect Jermaine Grant |
| 2015-02-03 |
| [Daily Nation (Kenya)] The Director of Public Prosecutions has appealed the acquittal of British terror suspect Jermaine Grant of nine charges he was facing at a magistrate's court. Through Principal Prosecution Counsel Jami Yamina, the DPP wants the High Court to reverse the decision of the magistrate and substitute the order for acquittal in each count with a finding of guilt and consequently sentence Mr Grant. Last week, Shanzu Senior Resident Magistrate Anastasia Ndung'u acquitted Mr Grant of the charges, among them making a false statement for register of birth. The DPP said the magistrate erred in law by acquitting Mr Grant, having found offences had been committed, and hence the acquittal amounted to a miscarriage of justice. "The magistrate erred in law by acquitting the respondent on all the nine counts against the weight of evidence," said Mr Yamina. Mr Yamina further argued that Ms Ndung'u erred in law by acquitting the respondent having found the accomplice's evidence was credible and corroborated hence the same could form a basis for a conviction. |
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