Libyan boxer Mohammed Ali Ahmed Elmushraty’s request for bail was rejected by the court on Tuesday. In decrees handed down late in the afternoon, the court rejected Elmushraty’s bail request and decreed that it had seen sufficient prima facie evidence to merit Elmushraty’s indictment. The testimony heard so far indicates there was a case for him to answer, ruled the court. Proceedings on bail came unstuck over the course of three hours, with incrementally strident submissions culminating in Elmushraty’s lawyer suggesting that the magistrate was discriminating against his client. Bail submissionsThe defence provided an address where Elmushraty would reside if granted bail and pointed out that he had returned from abroad of his own free will.

Source: Libya Today June 20, 2023 16:57 UTC