UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TWO MEN FACING DEATH PENALTY WIN RETRIAL

in the United Arab Emirates, two men facing the death penalty for killing a man have won a retrial. The Abu Dhabi criminal court charged the two men, identified as B.K. and I.N., with premeditated murder after they killed a man, identified as I.K. According to the prosecution, the two men came into I.K.'s shop, tied him up, stabbed him with a knife, stole money and clothes and fled. I.N. appealed against the sentence, claiming the translator involved in the investigation was not an authorised one.