Man handed 20-year prison term for murdering vegetable vendor
By Rana Husseini - Feb 24,2021 - Last updated at Feb 24,2021
AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld a June Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to 20 years in prison for murdering a vegetable vendor following a brawl in Zarqa in August 2019.
The Criminal Court declared the defendant, also a street vendor, guilty of murdering the 28-year-old victim following the brawl on August 28, and handed him the maximum sentence.
The victim died of a single fatal stab to the chest, court papers said.
According to court papers, the defendant would often engage in “heated arguments” with the victim over their vegetable carts being located next to each other.