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29 March 2024

'Reem Ghost' case: Court orders examination

Students’ visit to court to attend cases is part of ‘Nebras’ programme launched by the Family and Juvenile Prosecution in Dubai to make teens aware of the laws and consequences of committing crimes (Shutterstock)

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By Wam

The State Security District of the Federal Supreme Court on Tuesday heard the prosecution witnesses' testimony in the ABA case, referred to in the media as the 'Reem Ghost’ case.

The hearing, presided over by judge Falah Al Hajeri, decided to hold the next session on April 21 to hear the testimonies of the remaining prosecution witnesses.

The court will also announce who will be the legitimate heir of the deceased after communicating with the US embassy in Abu Dhabi that day.

The court, meanwhile, ordered a medical committee to examine the defendant and to issue a report on her mental condition to determine how fit she was at the time of committing the crime.

The prosecution showed a video of the defendant re-enacting the murder.

The Public Prosecutors accused ABA of stabbing American school teacher Ibolya Ryan to death in a mall on Reem Island in Abu Dhabi on December 1 last year with the intention of spreading terror and panic among people.

She also attempted to kill a family residing in an apartment at Al Habtour Tower on Abu Dhabi Corniche by planting a homemade bomb. She ignited the bomb but it had failed to detonate.

Prosecutors also accused ABA of 'collecting explosive materials,' which are prohibited to be assembled by law, without licence.

They also charged the accused for establishing and managing electronically an account on the Internet under a pseudonym with a view to promote ideas of a terrorist group, publishing through this account information intended to distort reputation, prestige and stature of the state, in addition to funding a terrorist organization.

Prosecutors also said that she committed those crimes with terrorist intent to cause death, instill fear among people, and threaten the state’s security and stability.

The defendant appeared at the hearing, along with her relatives, media and representatives of civil society organisations in the UAE.