Court hands down reduced sentences to three convicted of killing female relative
Rana Husseini; 23/7/08
The Criminal Court has sentenced three men to prison terms ranging from seven to 10 years after convicting them of killing their female relative for reasons related to family honour in June 2004. The court had previously handed Ismael M., 24, the death sentence for shooting his 17-year-old sister to death in a premeditated manner on June 21. But the court immediately reduced the sentence to 10 years after the victim’s father and husband dropped the charges against the defendant. A second brother and a cousin of the victim, who were charged with complicity in premeditated murder, initially were handed a 15-year prison term each for the charges. Their sentences, however, were also reduced, cut in half after the victim’s family dropped charges against them.