the Criminal Court has sentenced Mohamed Niyaz of Kaaf Thulusdhoo Redrose to death after he was

the Criminal Court has sentenced Mohamed Niyaz of Kaaf Thulusdhoo Redrose to death after he was found guilty of murdering 35-year-old Ali Shiham at Thulusdhoo on the night of July 31. Niyaz voluntarily handed himself over to the local police department after fatally stabbing Shiham in what the police have described as an act of vengeance after Shiham accused Niyaz of stealing from a construction site under the supervision of the victim. The sentence was issued after Shiham's  heirs - his wife, 2 children and grandmother - demanded qisas at the court. The decision of children was made by Shiham's wife. While speaking to the press at the time, Chief Inspector Abdulla Satheeh said that Niyaz had been arrested 10 times previously for theft and drug-related crimes.