A court has thrown out an allegation of illegal arrest filed by a prison inmate who is serving a 25-year sentence for the 1998 murder of hairstylist Alfie Rizzo. Rizzo died after being stabbed 17 times by Aimen Said Giali El Baden, from Libya, at his hair salon in Sliema on 4 February 1998. In his application to the Court of Magistrates, Aimen Said Giali El Baden from Libya had alleged that he ought to have been released from prison on 5 November this year. In his previous application, El Baden asked the court to order that the time he had spent under arrest be deducted from his sentence. “It is not the function of this court to revise decisions given by the same court on the same merits, facts and legal provisions.

Source: Libya Today December 20, 2021 10:15 UTC