2 foreign nationals jailed for murder
By Rana Husseini - Jul 04,2021 - Last updated at Jul 04,2021
AMMAN The Court of Cassation has upheld a June Criminal Court ruling to sentence two Egyptian men to 20 years in prison after convicting them of murdering their colleague in April 2019.
The court declared the defendants guilty of killing the 42-year-old victim with a brick in mid-April and handed them the maximum punishment.
Court papers said the defendants were friends because they were day labourers.
“The two defendants engaged in a heated argument few weeks before the incident and the victim broke the teeth of one of the men following a scuffle,” court papers said.
AMMAN The Court of Cassation has upheld a December 2020 Criminal Court ruling, sentencing an Egyptian man to 20 years in prison for robbing and murdering a fellow national in an Amman neighbourhood in April 2019.The Criminal Court declared the defendant guilty of robbing the victim of JD850 and murdering him on April 15, and handed him the maximum sentence.The victim died of
Man handed four-year prison term for promoting terrorist ideology
By Rana Husseini - Mar 03,2021 - Last updated at Mar 03,2021
AMMAN The Court of Cassation has upheld an August State Security Court (SSC) ruling, sentencing a man to four years in prison after convicting him of promoting terrorist ideology among Maan residents via social media over the past two years.
The defendant was convicted by the SSC of promoting Daesh ideology by convincing residents in his area that it is “a legitimate group”. He was given a four-year prison term.
Court documents said the defendant started following up on Daesh terror group news in 2014 when one of his friends joined them in Syria.
Man jailed for abusing minor
By Rana Husseini - Feb 27,2021 - Last updated at Feb 27,2021
AMMAN The Cassation Court has upheld an October Criminal Court ruling sentencing a man to seven years after convicting him of engaging in consensual sexual activities with a divorced minor in Amman in April 2020.
The Criminal Court handed the defendant a seven-year prison term after convicting him of engaging in sexual activities with a 17-year-old girl.
The court also refused to reduce the prison term because the victim was under 18, according to court transcripts.
Court documents said the defendant and the victim developed a relationship after they met in a shop in downtown Amman.
AMMAN The Court of Cassation has upheld a December Criminal Court ruling sentencing a man to three years in prison after convicting him of molesting a teenage girl in Amman in March 2018.The court declared the defendant guilty of molesting the 16-year-old girl in a deserted warehouse on March 5 and handed him the maximum sentence.Court papers said the victim met the