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Bride stabbed to death at wedding by jilted cousin |
2010-06-11 |
A Jordanian man said to have been jilted by his teenage cousin has been sentenced to death for stabbing her to death during her wedding to another relative, a court official says. "The court condemned him to death by hanging and sentenced his brother, who has been charged with being an accessory to murder, to 15 years of hard labour," the official said on Thursday. In 2008, the man, who was 26, stabbed the 16-year-old with a dagger five times in the chest and stomach at a court in the southern city of Karak where she was being married by a judge, according to the charge sheet. "She refused to marry him, so he and his brother decided to kill her, with malice aforethought," it said. Court permission is usually required for women under 18 to get married in the Muslim kingdom. |
Posted by:tipper |
#2 Jordanian man in love with his teenage cousin who is marrying another relative. Why do I hear dualing banjos in my head. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2010-06-11 09:58 |
#1 Thereby earning himself a stern talking-to. |
Posted by: gorb 2010-06-11 09:31 |