AMMAN The Court of Cassation has upheld a February Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to eight years in prison after convicting him of murdering his son in Ajloun in June 2020. The court declared the defendant guilty of shooting and killing his son in his family’s home on June 14, and handed him a 20-year prison term. However, the court immediately reduced the sentence
AMMAN The Court of Cassation has upheld a February Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to eight years in prison after convicting him of murdering his son in Ajloun in June 2020. The court declared the defendant guilty of shooting and killing his son in his family’s home on June 14, and handed him a 20-year prison term. However, the court immediately reduced the sentence
AMMAN The Court of Cassation has upheld a February Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to 12 years in prison after convicting him of murdering a man during a brawl in Karak in March 2021. The court initially declared the defendant guilty of shooting and killing the victim on March 9, and handed him a 20-year prison sentence. However, the court later reduced the sentence
AMMAN The Cassation Court upheld a February Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to 14 years in prison after convicting him of attempting to murder his 40-year-old neighbour in Tafileh in June of 2021. The Criminal Court declared the defendant guilty of slashing the victim’s neck with a box cutter on June 17 following “a heated argument”. Court papers said the defendant
AMMAN The Court of Cassation has upheld a February Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to 20 years in prison for murdering another man following “a heated argument” in an Amman neighbourhood in February 2020.The Criminal Court declared the defendant guilty of murdering the 27-year-old victim on February 6 in the Qweismeh neighbourhood, and handed him the maximum