A criminal court in Al Ain trying an Arab man accused of murdering his fiancé adjourned hearings for sentence to late December after the victim’s relatives insisted again on the killer’s death under Islamic law.
The victim’s father and brother were on Sunday asked again to swear in court that the defendant murdered his ex-fiance after he retracted his previous confessions that he murdered the girl and buried her under the sand.
“The judge yesterday decided to adjourn hearings to December 26 to issue the sentence in this case,” Albayan Arabic language daily said.
Eman, 21, was reported missing in January and police investigation showed her ex-fiancee was the killer. The prosecution told court the man had confessed to police that he took Eman to a desert area, killed her and buried her there.
During hearings early this month, the man denied he was involved in the murder during hearings yesterday, saying he had made the confession under duress.
“Eman’s father and other relatives swore in court they are convinced her ex-fiancee murdered her because he had tried many times to return to her but was rebuffed…they told court they insist on his death under Sharia law.”