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Man sentenced to 8 years in prison for attempted murder
By Rana Husseini - Aug 18,2022 - Last updated at Aug 18,2022
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AMMAN — The Cassation Court has upheld a March Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to eight years in prison after convicting him of attempting to murder an 18-year-old man in Amman in November 2019.
The Criminal Court declared the defendant guilty of shooting the victim during an altercation at a wedding on November 22, and handed him a 12-year prison term.
However, the court decided to reduce the sentence to eight years in prison because the victim dropped the charges against the defendant.
Court papers said that the defendant went to a wedding, where he encountered the victim.
“The two had an argument over old feuds, and the defendant drew a gun and shot the victim once in the thigh,” court papers said.
The victim survived the assault after undergoing surgery at a nearby hospital, the court papers added.
The Criminal Court’s attorney general asked the higher court to uphold the 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 Mohammad Ibrahim, Hammad Ghzawi, Ibrahim Abu Shamma, Nayef Samarat, and Qassem Dughmi.
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