The Hague to host cross-border homicide investigation team

A group of investigators from different countries will have a meeting in The Hague to discuss the murder of a woman in Limerick. This was mentioned in a court in Belfast.

Organizations from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are part of the global effort to bring the man accused of killing Geila Ibram to trial.

Habib Shamel, a 32-year-old man, has been accused of stabbing a 27-year-old person to death during a sexual encounter on April 4th.

He is being kept in prison at Maghaberry Prison.

A person’s badly injured body was found at an apartment building in the Dock Road area of Limerick.

Ms Ibram, who came from Romania, was killed by being stabbed multiple times in the neck, face, and stomach. The police said it was a very violent and chaotic attack.

Mr Shamel is a person from Afghanistan who lives on Cecil Street in Limerick. He was caught by the police in the Malone area of south Belfast.

He was accused of killing Ms Ibram based on a law that lets officials in Northern Ireland punish someone who came from a different area.

There was a meeting in The Hague.

On Tuesday, the person who is being accused appeared in court through video connection. A lawyer who is representing the prosecution revealed new information about their ongoing communication with the Department of Justice in Dublin.

“A group of different agencies from both areas has come together to form a team that will investigate together in order to try to make things go faster,” she explained.

District Judge Steven Keown was also informed that the process will be taken to the Dutch city where the International Criminal Court is located.

“The prosecutor said that there was a meeting planned in The Hague, but it hasn’t happened yet. ”

Despite understanding that the case is complicated, the defense lawyer Chris Sherrard doubted that much progress was being made.

“He said that it’s really just a bunch of noise and commotion that doesn’t result in anything significant. ”

Mr Shamel didn’t request to be released on bail at this time and will remain in jail.

The judge said the case will be put on hold until October. He wants to hear about the meeting in The Hague and what happened there.