The Criminal Court has scheduled a hearing in the murder case against IGMH Nurse Haleemath Lamha and Filipino citizen Marvin SY Vargas for tomorrow.

The duo, who are romantically involved, has been accused of killing Marvin's wife and IGMH nurse Mary Graconad Pineda in October of 2021.

The State charged Marvin with murder after he was arrested shortly after her death. The State has also charged Lamha with accessory to murder along with other charges.

The Criminal Court said the latest hearing of the case would be held at 09:30 am tomorrow morning.

This hearing comes 3 months after the last with the last hearing of the case held back in February of this year. In the last hearing, the court heard testimonies from 3 witnesses and it is believed that in tomorrow's hearing more witnesses would be giving their testimonies.

Three police officers gave their testimonies in the last hearing including Mohamed Mubeen who is a police officer acquainted with Lamha. The other two include an officer at the Organized Crime Unit named Mariyam Lauza and the officer who prepared the video image analysis named Adam Mohamed.

In his testimony, Mubeen said that Lamha confided to him about her relationship with Marvin and knew that the victim also found out about their relationship having seen their chat log on Marvin's phone.

Mubeen further said that after Lamha had asked to make peace between the three, he had called Mary on several occasions and exchanged texts to try and resolve the matter. Mubeen said Mary asked him whether Marvin converted to Islam.

He also said that on the day of Mary's death, Lamha called him and talked to him about how Mary attempted to self-harm herself and have Marvin deported and that later when he met Lamha at the hospital, she showed no signs of being upset with death but rather seemed happy.

Mubeen said after that day Lamha called him on several occasions to ask how the case will progress and that she called others to ask the same.

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