{"id":316240,"date":"2017-05-03T18:36:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T18:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=316240"},"modified":"2017-05-03T18:36:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T18:36:39","slug":"marwako-case-accused-lebanese-requests-for-arabic-interpreter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/marwako-case-accused-lebanese-requests-for-arabic-interpreter\/","title":{"rendered":"Marwako case: Accused Lebanese requests for Arabic interpreter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lawyers for the accused supervisor of the Abelenkpe branch of Marwako Restaurant, Jihad Chabaan, have requested for an Arabic interpreter to help their client give his testimony to the court.<\/p>\n

According to the lawyers, who were expected to open their defence in the case today [Wednesday, May 3, 2017], their client, who is a Lebanese, would better navigate legal pitfalls in the Arabic language, hence their request.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”R6xkKOPhay0IJHCn5KxkxyRXgeLxk3VI”]Speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, one of the lawyers for the accused, Julio\u00a0De Medeiros, said their client badly needs an interpreter.<\/p>\n

“We have said that our client doesn\u2019t speak fluent English. He cannot communicate in fluent English. This is a court of record; every word that he says will have some sort of legal meaning and if he is very comfortable speaking in Arabic, I think the justice of the matter demands that all the tools he requires to make his case be made available to him,\u201d Julio\u00a0De Medeiros stated.<\/p>\n

Following the request, the magistrate adjourned the case to the\u00a010th of May, to allow for the interpreter.<\/p>\n

Jihad\u00a0Chabaan is alleged to have shoved a female Ghanaian employee’s face into blended pepper on Sunday, February 26, 2017. The Management of Marwako subsequently suspended him for his actions after massive public outcry.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the court session, Jihad Chaban’s lawyers filed an unsuccessful\u00a0submission of no case<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0leading to an order to his legal team to open their defence today [Wednesday, May 3, 2017].<\/p>\n

Jihad Chabaan\u00a0had also requested for an out of court settlement, citing section 73 of the Courts Act in his argument, to back his request.<\/p>\n

The application was however opposed by the prosecution, which argued\u00a0that one of the charges of causing harm, is a second-degree felony.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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