Daniel Pearl's killer appeals against death sentence

January 27, 2017 14:18

The man convicted of kidnapping and murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl in Karachi, Omar Sheikh, has filed an appeal against his death sentence in Sindh High Court, reports Geo News. The Sindh High Court in Pakistan has issued a notice to the prosecutor general for March 3. The court has also given orders to allow Omar Sheikh to meet his lawyers.

Daniel Pearl was the South Asian bureau chief at the Wall Street Journal. He was kidnapped in Karachi in 2002 and his decomposed body found later. After the incident, Omar Sheikh was sentenced to death while three others were given life imprisonment.

Image: Photographs released by the kidnappers of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in captivity in 2002.

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