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24-year-old handed 10-year prison sentence for murder

By Rana Husseini - Apr 19,2014 - Last updated at Apr 19,2014

AMMAN — The Criminal Court sentenced a 24-year-old man to 10 years in prison after convicting him of murdering a man in an Amman suburb in October 2012.

The defendant first received the death penalty for shooting to death 19-year-old Ahmad Ziad while he was sleeping at his house in the Nuzha suburb, but his sentence was immediately commuted to 10 years in prison because the victim’s family dropped charges against him.

A 33-year-old man, who was also being tried for complicity in the premeditated murder, was acquitted by the tribunal for lack of evidence.

Court papers said the defendant plotted to murder Ziad because he would often interfere in the business of his family and harassed one of his divorced sisters.

The defendant attempted to kill the victim on October 15, but could not accomplish his mission because of the presence of many people around him, according to court papers.

The following day, the court added, the defendant brought a gun and shot the defendant twice in the back while he was sleeping and killed him.

The tribunal comprised judges Talal Aqrabawi, Ayman Ghzawi and Ashraf Abdullah.

The verdict, which was issued in late March, will automatically be reviewed by the Cassation Court within the next 30 days.

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