A Saudi court's announcement that five people have been sentenced to death for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi leaves more unanswered questions than it resolves | Analysis by Tim Lister
Saud al-Qahtani, widely regarded as the mastermind of the operation at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018, was cleared by the court of all involvement on Monday, according to a news conference in Riyadh. Prosecutors said there would be no charges brought against him because"no evidence" was found to exist.At the time of the murder Qahtani was Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's senior adviser.
Rugman: 'pragmatism has won the day' after Khashoggi's murder 14:08The court also said that Khashoggi's killing did not amount to premeditated murder, according to Saudi state media, even though evidence from the audio recording retrieved from the consulate suggested the group had been sent on a mission to kill the journalist, an outspoken critic of the Saudi authorities.
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