Tag: Abduwali Abukhadir Muse
By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Tue Apr 21, 2009 at 08:01:14 PM EST
Tags: Somali Pirates, Abduwali Abukhadir Muse (all tags)
Posted on Tue Apr 21, 2009 at 08:01:14 PM EST
Tags: Somali Pirates, Abduwali Abukhadir Muse (all tags)
Here is the complaint (pdf) filed against Abduwali Abukhadir Muse, the accused teen-aged Somali pirate. The primary charge is Piracy Under the Law of Nations which carries mandatory life...no parole.
The Government now says he was the ringleader of the pirate attack. Did Captain Phillips tell them that? How else would they prove that when the others are dead? [Added: Answer is it came from interviews with the Captain and other crew members.]
He cried in court today. He is being represented by the Federal Defenders office in New York. The Court ruled him to be an adult today even though his father says he's 15 years old. [More...]
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