The Dubai Court of Appeals on Tuesday morning condemned the British journalist for murdering his wife Frances Matthew from 10 to 15 years and then deportation

The Court of Appeal began considering the case, after the defendant was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment by the Criminal Court, which changed the description of the case from "murder" to "deathly assault", and did not state in its preamble that the accused had previously planned to kill His wife (Gene Matthew).