Two suspects inKuwaiti student’s death denied bail

SHARIA COURT TO RECONVENE ON SEPTEMBER 29 TO HEAR WITNESS TESTIMONIES Mubarak, 19, died at the University City Hospital in Sharjah on February 24, 2013.

Two suspects charged with torturing aKuwaiti student to death in 2013 were denied bail by a judge in the Sharjah Sharia Court yesterday. A third suspect is at large. The men will appear before the court on September 29 when witnesses in the case will give their testimonies.

Witnesses did not previous hearing.

Mubarak Mash’al Mubarak, 19, died at the University City

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a Hospital in Sharjah on February 24, 2013 following several days of physical abuse, police said.

The two suspects in the case, Shaikh Y. H. S., a member of the Kuwaiti royal family, and H. A., 18, are being held at Sharjah’s Central Prison.

The third suspect, who is being hunted by Interpol, faces charges in absentia of covering up the crime and failing to report it to authorities.

It is understood thatMubarak was accused of harassing the sister of one of the three suspects and borrowed Dh100,000 from one of them.

The case of the dead Kuwaiti student opened at Sharjah Sharia Court on January 22 but was conducted in a closed session.

Lawyers for the accused appealed to the court to summon witnesses in the case, including the man who filmed the video and staff in the emergency department of University City Hospital in Sharjah, in addition to university cafeteria staff where the victim collapsed.

Rashid Al Omrani, AttorneyGeneral of Sharjah Prosecution, told Gulf News earlier that “according to our investigations, we are submitting three charges against the suspects to the criminal court: Deprivation of the victim’s freedom, torture and premeditated murder”.

The victim’s family want are seeking the death sentence for the suspects and vowed to never pardon the killers.

Lawyer SalemObaidBinSahoo is representing the family.