17 suspects acquitted in Kenya
17 Somalis accused of acts of piracy were acquitted by Kenya on Friday, several news agencies reported. They had been arrested in the Gulf of Aden in May 2009 during a joint operation by the American and South Korean navies belonging to the CTF 151 force after the attack on an Egyptian ship, the MV Amira. " The prosecution has failed to prove wrongdoing in this case beyond a reasonable doubt required by law. said Magistrate Michael Kizito, judge of the Mombasa Court.
This judgment justifies, in a way, a posteriori, many of the releases carried out by the various ships belonging to the multinational forces operating in the Indian Ocean against piracy, for lack of clear evidence or flagrante delicto
