44-year-old sentenced to death for murdering his wife
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008Rana Husseini; 4/5/08
The Criminal Court has sentenced a 44-year-old man to death after convicting him of murdering his wife over financial matters in August 2006.The tribunal declared Ahmad M., a company owner, guilty of the premeditated murder of his wife at the front door of their building in an Amman suburb on August 2. The victim, who worked as a nurse at a private hospital, was married to the defendant for 10 years and is survived by two daughters. The court said the couple’s problems began when the victim took out a loan from the hospital she worked in and bought a piece of land and an apartment, which they resided.
