Murderer gets one year in jail
I guess it is convenient if perhaps you find a person whose family are willing to 'forgive' you and then you can murder their relative with no fear of any real punishment.
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=367466...
A Doha court of first instance has sentenced a shepherd to a year’s imprisonment and ordered he be deported after serving the sentence for premeditated killing of a compatriot colleague, following a quarrel between them on who should ride the camel and a verbal dispute a day before the crime.
The family of the Sudanese victim had dropped their rights to blood money as well as any punishment and that can explain the “lenient” verdict that the accused got for such a serious crime, court sources told Gulf Times.
The victim was murdered on July 11, 2008 in the Shahaniya ranch where they worked. Both were in their early 20s.
According to the charge-sheet, “the accused hit the victim with an iron bar thrice in the head, back and chest.”
The court heard from witnesses that the victim cursed the defendant’s mother a day before the killing.
The defendant’s lawyer argued that his client attacked the victim ‘in a fit of rage’ and that the crime should be treated as beating to death and not premeditated murder.
However, the judge dismissed the claims, ruling that there was a time gap between the verbal dispute and the deadly assault on the next day.
The court added that the incident constituted a “classical case of premeditated murder.”
The court said that the suspect confessed to the charge during interrogations and told the police that the victim failed to apologise for his action (cursing) and that was the motivation for hitting him.
The judge ruled that the accused knew that hitting the victim with an iron bar on the sensitive parts might lead to death.
The judge said that he understood the anger of the accused on hearing someone cursing his mother, considering where he came from, “but the period between the dispute and the crime was enough to give the killer a chance to think calmly about the meaning of his action.”
I think they should not put up these in papers.
The court round up should be in the kids section of the papers!
The system is liable, I think in the UAE, money related crimes are treated in a special way to facilitate the reimbursement of the stolen money. what's the point of jailing someone couple of years, then releasing him/her later to enjoy the stolen cash ?
hamad how about the guy who lost his money? doesnt the system hold any sort of responsibility? Even when the one owe admits it?
Cold-blooded murder gets you 1 year, same as kissing in public.. ROFLMAO...
its a relative decision, some prefer punishment , some prefer forgiveness and some believe in fate...
The jails are packed , so its cheaper to deport people than punishing them with long term sentences. Again its up to the victim's family to decide whether to punish or forgive.
"the boy's father went to the police station and bailed him out by himself and refused any compensation (blood money) from the Qatari guy."
Maybe these sudanese father already recives (blood money)i i were the father of the boy who died due to his negligence i will not ask blood money but i will make sure he will be sentenced for what he did...
funny laws.. You steal a trillion,,at the court you admit it and promise to pay. with your 1000 salary you can only pay a 100 a month. court will agree and the case is closed. rofl...
Am not surprised, a Qatari driver hit a Sudanese boy a few years ago.Although he rushed him to the hospital , but the boy died on the way. While the Qatari guy was in custody waiting for the initial hearings, the boy's father went to the police station and bailed him out by himself and refused any compensation (blood money) from the Qatari guy. I think the victim's family voice is what really counts.
Its hard to understand such acts, but I guess we all react differently to death. After all , no one is going to live forever and only your good deeds will remain.
Hardly a surprise. He should have had sex with him after he killed him. Then it would be one year for murder and five for illicit relations..
a widow, 7 years! Just? You bet!