The Martine case – – Farouk’s father dead

Shaher Abdulhak (82), the father of Farouk Abdulhak (33), is dead, reports a number of media in Yemen.

It was VG who first brought the information about the alleged death in Norway.

Escaped

Shaher Abdulhak is the father of Farouk Abdulhak, who is wanted and suspected of raping and killing the Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen (23) in London in 2008. Farouk fled to his native Yemen after the murder, and has since lived in the war-torn country. free man, much because of the status of the tyrannical father.

– I have received information from several sources, but can not confirm it one hundred percent. He is said to have died in a hospital in Germany last night, says Patrick Lundevall-Unger, lawyer and leader of the Martine Foundation, to Dagbladet.

Lundevall-Unger says the death of Abdulhak seniors, if the information is correct, has major implications for the son.

– He’s going to lose a lot of protection. A lot depends on what role he may get in his father’s business empire, says the foundation leader.

Among Yemen’s richest

Shaher Abdulhak is / was among Yemen’s richest people. He is known as the “sugar king” in his home country, and is the sole importer of Mercedes-Benz.

The 82-year-old has also gained great political influence, and was a close friend of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

The lawyer says Martin’s father, Odd Petter Magnussen, is informed about the situation.

– He is currently taking this with a pinch of salt. We know that Farouk’s father changed his name a while ago, and we can wonder why, he says.

The London Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard) is responsible for investigating the Martine case, with Farouk Abdulhak as the sole suspect. Since Yemen has no extradition agreement with Britain, they can not or will not extradite their citizen.

– This case does not disappear, and is a priority for us. The crime he is suspected of has no statute of limitations, said investigation leader Andrew Partridge Dagbladet last year, during a major press conference at Asker church, where Martine is buried.

He stressed that the 33-year-old, who is internationally wanted, will be arrested immediately for having voluntary travel to the UK.

– Motion

Scotland Yard has always maintained close contact with Martin’s family and the Martine Foundation, which has worked tirelessly to get Farouk extradited since the 2008 murder.

This summer, Odd Petter Magnussen told Dagbladet that new hope was sown in the process.

– Now we are working to find a way to get him to agree to sign up, said Martin’s father.

Kjell Magne Bondevik, former Prime Minister, now head of the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights, has also been personally involved in the case.

– I do this out of empathy with the family and the terrible tragedy they are exposed to. Secondly, the case illustrates a global problem: that criminals can escape by traveling from one country to another where there is no extradition agreement in the first place, and thus escape. It is in principle unbearable, Bondevik said Dagbladet i 2015.

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