The Criminal Court sentenced Naushad Moosa to one month and 15 days in prison for damaging a mosque, but ordered his release because his one month and 21 days of pre-trial detention exceeded the sentence. He was accused of desecrating Masjid al-Furqan in September 2026 and has a prior record of a similar offence.
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court records indicate that Naushad Moosa spent one month and 21 days in custody during the trial proceedings.
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Following the court's decision to annul the order, he has now been released from custody.
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The suspect was arrested in September on allegations of entering Masjid al-Furqan at approximately 04:14 AM on September 10, 2026, and committing an act of public indecency that desecrated the mosque by urinating or defecating inside the premises.
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including a previous arrest in November 2024 for a comparable incident.
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