Court Watch: Hate Crime Defendants to Challenge Alleged Victim's Innocence
Also, prosecutors looking to link alleged Frankfort burglars with footprints.
The Southland's major criminal and civil cases heard in Cook County and Will County courts this week. OAK LAWN — Trial for two men charged with robbery and hate crime following the alleged beating of a lesbian woman has been pushed back one month to give attorneys more time to review evidence. In 2010, Hickory Hills police said Mohammed Shaban, of Hickory Hills, and Akram Alshoweat, of Oak Lawn, yelled anti-gay slurs while punching, kicking and whipping a woman inside a restaurant. Defense attorneys dropped a DVD into the evidence pool Tuesday that's intended to challenge the woman's presumed innocent role in the fight. Michael Monaco, an attorney for Alshoweat, said she is a former Olympic mixed martial arts fighter. A jury trial is …
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Denise Du Vernay
12:40 am on Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Glad to hear, Blackhawks Fan! I'm still confused about this. I'm guessing that they're going to say it was a fight and not an attack? In any case, I hope she got a few good jabs in! more ›