On January 19, the Criminal Court found two persons, Ismail Haisham and Ahmed Zihan Ismail, guilty of murdering blogger Yamin Rasheed, reports Avas.mv. Yamin was murdered in the stairwell of his home on the night of April 23, 2017. Charges of assaulting a person with a sharp object with intent to kill were raised against six suspects: Ismail Haisham Rasheed, Hussain Ziyad, Ismail Rasheed, Hassan Shifaz, Mohamed Dhifran, and Ahmed Zihan Ismail. The Criminal Court questioned the charges against Ziyad, Ismail, Shifaz, and Dhifran as the State had not submitted any evidence against themand acquitted them.Court sentenced Haisham and Zihan were sentenced to 25 years in jail, and the period they have already spent in detention, four years and eight months and eleven days, was reduced from the sentence. Therefore, they will serve 20 years, three months, and 19 days.