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Ibrahim 'Hoara Ibbe' Rasheed, former under-secretary of the President's Office under ousted president Mohamed Nasheed, has married the woman he stands accused of sexual abuse as a minor.
Ibbe's friends have confirmed the marriage to CNM and Ibbe's lawyers have told the court that she was not a minor and that she was 18 years of age according to the Islamic Hijri calendar. Maldives' age of majority is 18.
Ibbe was arrested on 6 December 2012 on the charges of sexual molestation of a minor but he had claimed that he was engaged to her when he was arrested. His case was sent to court in February.
Ibbe was charged under a law that deals specifically with child sexual abuse. If found guilty, he faces a jail sentence of 10 to 14 years.
via CNM
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