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.
Man sentenced to 7 years in prison for drug smuggling attempt
By Rana Husseini - Feb 10,2021 - Last updated at Feb 10,2021
AMMAN The Court of Cassation has upheld a December 2019 State Security Court (SSC) ruling, sentencing a man to seven years in prison after convicting him of attempting to smuggle illegal narcotics to a neighbouring country in October 2018.
The court declared the defendant guilty of possessing 25,000 Captagon pills with the intent of smuggling them to Saudi Arabia and handed him the maximum punishment.
The court also ordered the defendant to pay JD7,000 in fines.
Court documents said the defendant bought the illegal narcotics from a man in Mafraq, who was also tried on the same charges but did not appeal his verdict.
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The Court of Cassation has upheld a December 2019 State Security Court (SSC) ruling, sentencing a man to seven years in prison after convicting him of attempting to smuggle illegal narcotics to a neighbouring country in October 2018.
The court declared the defendant guilty of possessing 25,000 Captagon pills with the intent of smuggling them to Saudi Arabia and handed him the maximum punishment.
The court also ordered the defendant to pay JD7,000 in fines.
Court documents said the defendant bought the illegal narcotics from a man in Mafraq, who was also tried on the same charges but did not appeal his verdict.
Man handed 8-year prison term for attempted murder
By Rana Husseini - Dec 16,2020 - Last updated at Dec 16,2020
AMMAN The Cassation Court has upheld a June Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to eight years in prison after convicting him of attempting to murder a man in Madaba in August 2019.
The Criminal Court declared the defendant guilty of stabbing the victim in the kidney on August 8 in the street following “a heated argument” and handed him a 12-year prison term.
However, the court decided to reduce the prison term to eight years because the victim dropped charges against the defendant.