DPP appeals freeing of accused in Shewraney Doobay murder

Shakir Mohamed

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has filed an appeal challenging the decision of Justice Navindra Singh to free murder accused Shakir Mohamed.

A press statement issued by the DPP’s Chambers said that the State has appealed the verdict.

Mohamed, who was charged with the 2011 murder of Shewraney Doobay, the wife of prominent physician Dr Ramsundar Doobay, was freed in January this year.

Singh, the presiding judge, upheld a no-case submission made by defence attorney Maxwell McKay and later directed the 12-member jury