Court upholds 12-year prison sentence for woman’s attempted murder of her husband

AMMAN — The Cassation Court has upheld a September Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a woman to 12 years in prison after convicting her of attempting to murder her husband in Amman in April 2020.

The Criminal Court declared the defendant guilty of the attempted murder, stemming from “a domestic dispute” with the victim on April 10. The defendant was given the maximum sentence.

Court papers said the defendant and the victim engaged in a heated argument on the day of the incident of disciplinary matters related to their son.

“The defendant headed to the kitchen and grabbed several knives," court documents said.

The defendant attacked her husband and “stabbed him in the chest and left the house”, according to court papers.

The victim’s neighbours rushed him to a nearby hospital and he survived the stabbing incident due to medical intervention, the court added.

The defendant contested her ruling through 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 12-year sentence ruling.

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

“The crime lab’s DNA analysis of the weapons used in the stabbing incident was solid proof that the defendant was the perpetrator,” the higher court ruled.

The Cassation Court bench comprised judges Mohammad Ibrahim, Yassin Abdullat, Hammad Ghzawi, Mohammad Khashashneh and Qassem Dughmi.