Man sentenced to 8 years for attempted murder

AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld an October Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to eight years in prison after convicting him of attempting to murder a man in Amman in January 2022.

The Criminal Court declared the defendant guilty of attempted murder, stemming from an instant dispute with the victim on January 7. The defendant was given the maximum sentence.

Court papers said the victim was in an eastern neighbourhood of Amman looking for an apartment to rent with his relatives.

Meanwhile, the defendant was walking and saw the victim and thought he was someone he had an old feud with him.

The defendant approached the victim to ask him if he was the person he was looking for and the latter answered him in a cynical answer, the court said.

“The defendant became enraged, drew a gun and fired two rounds at his legs,” the court said.

The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital and survived the shooting incident after undergoing surgery, the court papers added.

The defendant contested his ruling via his lawyer arguing that there were “legal errors in the investigation procedures”.

The Criminal Court’s attorney general asked the higher court to uphold the eight-year sentence ruling.

The higher court ruled that the Criminal Court proceedings were accurate and that the defendant was given the appropriate punishment.

The Cassation Court bench comprised judges Mahmoud Ebtoush, Nayef Samarat, Hammad Ghzawi, Mohammad Shreiri, and Mohammad Khashashneh.