Sentencing in Rochester killing of Iraqi refugee pushed back to 2021
Sao Yim Jr.
Posted: Dec 18, 2020 1:16 PM
Updated: Dec 18, 2020 1:17 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
ROCHESTER, Minn. – The final act in a 2018 murder case has been pushed back to early 2021.
Sao Yim Jr., 27 of Rochester, was scheduled to be sentenced Friday for the fatal shooting of Ahmed Muafaq Abdulhu Al Naddf. That has now been rescheduled for February 8, 2021, in Olmsted County District Court.
Al Haddf, a refugee from Iraq, was found shot to death on March 12, 2018, in the 2800 block of Charles Court NW in Rochester. Yim pleaded not guilty to 2nd degree murder and possession of a firearm after being convicted of a crime of violence. He was found guilty in October 2020.