PGO files 5 charges against Shaahil in Shiaau’s murder

The Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) has filed multiple charges against the suspect in the brutal murder of a young musician in an apartment in the Maldivian capital in August.

Shiaau Mohamed Saeed, 22, was found killed and dismembered in an apartment on the ninth floor of H. Sheereen Villa on August 6.

Ali Shaahil, 22, a local skater, was arrested from the scene of the crime.

An official from the PGO told Sun that the office filed five charges against Shaahil with the Criminal Court on Wednesday, including murder with intent using a sharp-edged weapon.

Shaahil is in jail pending the outcome of the trial.

While the autopsy confirmed the injuries inflicted on Shiaau - both before and after her death - had been deliberate, and the police recovered weapons used in the murder, the investigation had suffered setbacks due to lack of a clear motive for the crime.

Police said Shaahil, while he responded to questions from investigators, refused to speak specifically about the murder.

Police later said that they had unlocked Shaahil’s phone and expected recover enough evidence from the phone to establish a motive.