Chennai: A court in Yemen has stayed the death penalty awarded to a Keralla-based nurse, who is currently lodged in a jail in Sana’a.
The death penalty of Nimisha Priya will be suspended till further orders after the court accepted in its file the appeal to delay the sentence.
Senior advocate K L Balachandran, who is handling the case, informed Manorama Online about the appeal being admitted.
The appeal has asked the apex court to delay the sentence and provide an opportunity to prove her innocence. Nimisha was awarded the death penalty for killing her husband, Talal Abdu Mahadi, and hiding his body in a water tank at home.
Through the appeal, the court has been requested to consider the circumstances that forced Nimisha to commit the murder and the criminal behaviour of Talal Abdu Mahadi, a Yemeni citizen.