Court puts stay on execution call

Adelaide - An Australian court yesterday temporarily barred the brother of a murdered Australian nurse, Ms Yvonne Gilford, from…

Adelaide - An Australian court yesterday temporarily barred the brother of a murdered Australian nurse, Ms Yvonne Gilford, from calling for the death penalty for two British nurses charged with killing her in Saudi Arabia.

The South Australian State Supreme Court ordered Mr Frank Gilford not to make further comments on behalf of his family until the mental state of his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's Disease, had been assessed. - (Reuter)

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