ISLAMABAD – In a dramatic turn of events, a man convicted and later acquitted in the 2002 killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl admitted a “minor" role in his death, upending 18 years of denials, the Pearl family lawyer said Wednesday.
A letter handwritten by Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh in 2019, in which he admits limited involvement in the death of the Wall Street Journal reporter, was submitted to Pakistan's Supreme Court nearly two weeks ago.
It wasn't until Wednesday that Sheikh's lawyers confirmed their client wrote it. The high court is hearing an appeal of a lower court’s acquittal of Sheikh, charged with murder in the death of Pearl.