Was Leul Gebremariam motivated by vendetta?
The Ethiopian Supreme Court Judge, Daniel Melaku, on Wednesday ruled to free popular singer, Tewodros Kasahun (a.k.a Teddy Afro), who was jailed December last year for manslaughter. Several Ethiopians believed, after his sentence, that the star’s imprisonment was politically motivated. Teddy Afro had been accused of a hit and run incident involving a homeless person in the country’s capital, Addis Ababa, last December and sentenced to a six-year prison term. Teddy was detained in November 2006 and later released on a 50,000 birr bail (US $5,000) before he was re-arrested in April 2008 and sent to prison after a nine-month-long trial. However, the Ethiopian Supreme Court Wednesday indicated that it would reduce the pop singer’s six-year prison term as it dismissed the manslaughter charges brought against him. The singer has instead been charged with driving without appropriate documentation and could be released before July this year. Addressing the court, the judge indicated that the o
