A Juba court on Thursday adjourned the court hearing of a man accused of murdering his wife to 4 May.
Simon Marial Deng is facing charges under Section 206 of the South Sudan Penal Code 2008 for stabbing his wife to death.
During a court session on Thursday, Police Investigator Levi Isaac Mohamed, who filed the case to the court, charged Simon with murder after he stabbed his wife, Alakiir Lual Mabior, to death following a family quarrel at their residence in the Lemon Gaba neighbourhood of Juba in October last year.
During the court session, the court cross-examined the police investigator and a witness for the deceased’s family before the hearing was adjourned to 4 May.
Thursday`s hearing was the third time the accused appeared before the court. The first and the second hearings were adjourned as the accused did not have a defense lawyer.
Speaking to the media after the court session, defense lawyer Simon Tang said: “We are moving well for the implementation of justice, and it is the right of the accused to be represented by a lawyer, and we have decided to provide legal aid because the court is not able to move. The family was not able to find a lawyer.”
“In accordance with the law, we will try our best to give him whatever rights, whatever exceptions he can benefit from based on the procedures of the law,” he added.
Meanwhile, the lawyer of the victim’s family, Ajak Abdulkerim, said they want the court to ensure justice is served to the deceased’s family.