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Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Yahoo
Court acquits father, but tells mother to answer for Zayn Rayyan's death
PETALING JAYA, July 21 — The Sessions Court here today acquitted and discharged Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matin's father, Zaim Ikhwan Zahari, from the charge of neglecting the six-year-old autistic child to the point of causing physical harm to him, two years ago. Judge Dr Syahliza Warnoh made the decision after finding that the prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case against Zaim Ikhwan, 30, at the end of the prosecution case. However, the court ordered Zayn Rayyan's mother, Ismanira Abdul Manaf, 30, to enter her defence on the same charge. Zaim Ikhwan and Ismanira were charged with neglecting Zayn Rayyan in a manner likely to cause physical harm to the victim in the vicinity of Block R, Idaman Apartments, Damansara Damai up to the nearby river area between 12 noon on Dec 5 to 9.55 pm on Dec 6 2023. Zaim Ikhwan Zahari, the father of deceased autistic six-year old Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matin, is pictured at the Petaling Jaya Session Court on July 21,2025. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa They were charged under Section 31(1)(a) of the Children Act 2001 read with Section 34 of the Penal Code which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment or a fine of RM50,000 or both, if convicted. Judge Syahliza in her summary judgment said that after examining the evidence of the prosecution witnesses in maximum assessment as well as the arguments of the prosecution and defence, the court found that the prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case against Zaim Ikhwan at the end of the prosecution case. 'Therefore, the first accused (Zaim Ikhwan) is discharged and acquitted while for the second accused (Ismanira), the court finds that the prosecution has succeeded in proving a prima facie case against the second accused and she is called to defend herself in accordance with Section 31(1)(a) of the Children's Act 2001,' said the judge. Ismanira, who gave her defence statement today, chose to give her statement under oath from the witness stand. — Bernama MORE TO COME
Al Arabiya
04-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Diddy trial outcome and Trump's tax bill
In this episode of The Dailies, Rawia Alami takes a look at important news stories, reports, analysis, and articles published in newspapers and media outlets across the world. Many themes ran across global newspapers today. US President Donald Trump's tax bill and the American courts verdict to acquit music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs of the most serious charges against him received most views from American newspapers.
Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Yahoo
CNN Reporter Perplexed By How Diddy Supporters Are Celebrating Verdict
Although some people might have been surprised by the verdict in Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial, more might be perplexed by how his supporters celebrated. On Wednesday, a New York City jury found the hip-hop mogul guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, but acquitted him of the other three more serious charges: one count of racketeering conspiracy and two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion. Combs still faces up to 20 years in prison, as well as dozens of civil lawsuits related to sexual assault and abuse allegations. However, his supporters outside the courtroom took the verdict as a win and decided to celebrate in a truly bizarre fashion, according to CNN's Laura Coates. 'I kid you not, people are pouring baby oil on one another outside this courthouse,' she said during a live segment after the verdict. She explained the activity by noting that baby oil had 'a very big play' in the 'freak-offs' that witnesses testified about at Combs' trial. 'You have people saying it's not RICO, it's freako,' she added. When announcing charges against Combs, federal prosecutors said law enforcement officials confiscated more than 1,000 bottles of lubricant and baby oil during a raid. Laura Coates on CNN: "I kid you not, people are pouring baby oil on one another outside this courthouse." — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 2, 2025 Other people confirmed the presence of baby oil outside the courtroom. Combs' supporters are spraying baby oil on each other outside of the courthouse. — Matt Lavietes (@mattlavietes) July 2, 2025 Sean 'Diddy' Combs Guilty Of 2 Counts, Acquitted Of Most Serious Charges In Sex Trafficking Trial Cassie's Lawyer Still Sees Hints Of 'Justice' After Diddy Verdict
CBS News
02-07-2025
- CBS News
Sean "Diddy" Combs drops to his knees, prays after verdict is read
After nearly two months of testimony, dozens of witnesses and mountains of evidence presented, jurors found Sean "Diddy" Combs not guilty of the three most serious charges against him and guilty of two lesser prostitution-related charges. Moments after the verdict was read, Combs fell to his knees and prayed in court, leaning on his chair. How did Combs react when the verdict was read? "Sean Combs pumped his fist at one point when they said that first 'not guilty.' When the jury foreperson, that's juror number five, was the one who was reading the verdict, he pumped his fist," CBS News New York's Alice Gainer said. "After the verdict was read and once everyone, the judge and the jury left the courtroom, man, the applause was thunderous from his family." Sean "Diddy" Combs pumps his fist as the verdict is read on July 2, 2025. Jane Rosenberg Combs' three daughters, his sons, his mother, other family and friends and supporters were in the courtroom Wednesday. "They were just cheering, he was clapping. And it's such an interesting visual, because again, he's by the defense table. It's not like he can run up and hug them, he's not a free man, he was convicted of two of the five counts," Gainer said. Combs' mother gave a thumbs up outside court. Janice Combs, mother of Sean 'Diddy' Combs, returns to the courthouse about an hour after the family left before the judge decision on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in New York City, United States. Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images High interest surrounding the case Gainer has covered numerous high-profile cases, such as Harvey Weinsten and many other. But she said the Combs trial garnered a different level of interest. "There's just so much going on, and there's such huge interest in this case. It's like nothing I've ever seen before, actually," Gainer said. "I get asked so many questions, people on social media are so interested, they are following me now to try and see our daily updates we've been posting on Instagram." "I've never seen crowds of this magnitude throughout the trial -- not just at openings or closings and verdict day. There's been a steady stream of people here curious about it, like I said before, streaming about it, giving their own personal takes on what's been going on. They had to set up multiple overflow rooms at one point just to make sure they could meet the demand. Because not everyone could get into the main courtroom, so they have these overflow rooms set up with a feed of what's going on in the main courtroom that people can then watch themselves," Gainer added. The NYPD set up barricades outside court to help control crowds after the verdict was read.
BBC News
02-07-2025
- BBC News
Jury find Diddy guilty of some and not all di charges against am
Di jury don reach verdicts for di sex-trafficking trial of American music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs. Di jury find di Sean "Diddy" Combs not guilty of racketeering, and not guilty of sex trafficking ex-partner Casandra Ventura plus anoda woman referred to as "Jane". Dem find Oga Combs guilty on two counts - of transportation to engage in prostitution wey relate to Cassie Ventura and to "Jane". Di charges and di verdict To sum up wetin just hapun for court, Na a mix of guilty and not guilty verdicts:
