Almotamar.net - The Specialised Criminal Appeals Section on Saturday fixed the date of 11 next October for issuing its sentence in the case of the 36 defendants accused of the attempt to blast the two installations of gas in Safer and Dhabba.
In Saturday session devoted to final argumentations the court refused a request to release Jabr Saleh al-Banaa presented by his lawyer. Head of the prosecution presented at the sitting medical reports on the health condition of three of the condemned who appealed the sentence, mentioning that they were checked by doctors at one of the hospitals and necessary medicines were prescribed to them and that their condition was stable.
The First Instance had decided in 2007 sentences of imprisonment against the defendants of terms of 2, 5 and 10 years.
The accusation statement condemned elements of the cell of forming armed gangs and explosion events in the gas refinery of Safer area in Marib and oil storages at Dhabba oil terminal in Hadramout by using rockets and cars booby trapped with TNT explosive materials . the attacks resulted in the killing of a guard at the oil installations in Dhabba and infliction of heavy damage on oil installations.
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