The court hearing the Nakheel bribery case appeal yesterday ordered the Public Prosecution to determine the date when the developer became a public joint stock company.

A report from Nakheel giving the date had apparently not been sent to the Dubai Appeal Court.

UAE national WA, 32, a former general manager of sales at Nakheel, and Egyptian KT, 28, a sales representative at the company, are appealing after being convicted of bribery.

At an earlier session the court adjourned the case to consider its verdict, but it then reversed its decision so it could continue to hear the defence case.

The accused, who had both been released on bail, were in court yesterday accompanied by their lawyers. The court released KT after he paid Dh1 million bail and a UAE national agreed to pay a further Dh1m if he violated the bail conditions.

The case consists of three appeals. The first was by the Public Prosecution against the defendants seeking increasing their sentences. The other two were by WA and KT against the Public Prosecution after Dubai Criminal Court jailed the defendants for three years and jointly fined them Dh3m.

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