09/10/2019

Jailed Tunisia presidential candidate Karoui to go free: lawyer

Tunisia's jailed presidential candidate Nabil Karoui is expected to walk free later Wednesday, his lawyer said, just days ahead of a runoff vote. Lawyer Kamel Ben Messoud said the Court of Cassation decided to free business tycoon Karoui, who has been behind bars since August in a money laundering probe. The Court of Cassation has annulled the detention order against Karoui, Ben Messoud told AFP, adding that his client would walk free from Mornaguia prison near the capital Tunis later We ......
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