Donnerstag, 23. Februar 2012

Kenya: Court Quashes Plea By Four Suspected Pirates

BY MAUREEN MUDI

A Mombasa court has dismissed an application by four suspected Somali pirates challenging Kenya's jurisdiction to handle piracy cases. Chief magistrate Lilian Mutende declined to issue the suspects with bond and directed that they be remanded at Shimo La Tewaprison. The suspects were handed over to the Kenyan authorities by Netherlands navy officers over the weekend. They were first arraigned in court on Monday but they did not take a plea.
Their lawyer, Jared Magolo, had

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