The Ras Al Khaimah Criminal Court upheld the death sentence against an Arab man convicted of murdering his wife.
According to Al Ittihad, The National's Arabic sister publication, the Court of Cassation referred the case back to the Court of First Instance after the death sentence was first issued and confirmed by the Court of Appeal.
The crime dates back to February 2013 when the offender A J A, 47, savagely killed his wife S A H, 38, of the same Arab nationality, at their home in RAK while their three sons were out.
Investigations showed a fight broke out between the couple indicated by scattered clothes and belongings in their bedroom. The victim had cuts in her elbows and stab wounds all over her body, which led to her death.
Police confiscated a knife which had broken as a result of the stabbing as well as a cleaver.
One of the witnesses identified the offender as the husband of the victim, as he had called him and asked him to take care of his children after murdering their mother.
The offender fled after committing the crime, but police were able to track him down and arrest him in one of the emirates by circulating his picture and issuing a travel ban against him.
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