The hearing scheduled today at the Criminal Court in the murder of the taxi driver Qasim Hassan.

The accused, Aduham Mohamed (Lhaviyani Hinnavaru) is charged with first degree murder with a sharp object. The hearing today was set to take place at 9 a.m. this morning.

Criminal Court has not announced as to why the hearing was cancelled.

Qasim was attacked and killed with a sharp object on the night of 4 December 2019. Aduham was arrested in connection to the murder on 19 December two weeks later. Aduham confessed to the murder stating that the taxi driver died during an attempted mugging. He admitted to the crime at the remand hearing at the Criminal Court as well.

However, in the hearing in February 2020, Aduham has denied all accusations against him stating that he confessed in a state of intoxication.