The Federal Supreme Court amended the value of the blood money for the heirs of a woman who was killed by her husband, from 100,000 dirhams that the Court of Appeal had ruled to 200,000 dirhams.
The incident started with a report received by the police operations room, according to which a man strangled his wife in front of their daughter, and surrendered himself to a police station.
In the investigations, the accused reported that there were old disagreements with his wife, and that she called him at 12 noon on the day of the incident, and said: "She wants to take her daughter from him," so he asked her to come to the house, so that they could understand and resolve the dispute.
He added that his wife came to the house and spoke nervously, cursing him, then she entered the bedroom and took her clothes and golden jewelry and her passport, and pulled her daughter from her hand forcefully until the daughter cried out of the pain, it was not possible, and he grabbed her from the neck with his hands, dropped her on the floor, and pressed her neck with his hand Right right.
He continued that he pressed her neck for about 10 minutes until he saw blood bleeding from her nose, so he moved away from her, and then noticed that she was still alive, so he brought a “ghutra” of Shemagh, tied her around her neck, tightened, left her tied, and went to his mother’s room, and told her He killed his wife, handed her over to his daughter, then went out of the house and called the police, telling them that he had killed his wife, and he went straight to the police station and surrendered himself.
Asked in the investigations about the reason for returning to his wife after he raised his hand from her neck, tied her to Shemagh and pulled her around her neck, he said: "My blood salvation has dried up. I want to die," adding that he "felt comfortable after killing his wife."
The prosecution referred the defendant to the criminal trial, on charges of premeditated murder, and the first degree court ruled in attendance and unanimously to punish the accused with life imprisonment, and the victim’s blood money of 100,000 dirhams obliged her heirs, obligated him to pay fees, and ordered that the civil case be referred to the competent court, then the Court of Appeal decided to amend The verdict is sentenced to five years imprisonment for the charge assigned to him, and his support for what he spent in the case of the legal diyah obliging him to pay an amount of 100 thousand dirhams to the heirs of the victim, so the Public Prosecution and the accused also appealed the ruling.
The defendant’s defense of the appeal said, “The verdict has turned away from his defense that the personality disorder suffered by him denies responsibility or is considered a mitigating excuse.”
For its part, the Federal Supreme Court rejected the appeal, asserting that “the premeditated murder crime is due to three pillars. The first: the perpetrator is required to be criminally responsible, to be a sane adult bloodshed, and secondly: the victim is required to have a bloodstain, Third: A felony is required to be intentionally aggressive.
She pointed out that the mental illness that is described as insanity or mental impairment and lacking criminal responsibility is due to the disease, which destroys feeling or perception, while other diseases and psychological conditions that do not lose a person's feeling or awareness are not considered a reason for the lack of responsibility.
It supported the prosecution's appeal against the ruling regarding the ruling of the appeal, and the amendment of the value of the blood money to 200,000 dirhams.
The “Federal Supreme Court” supported the prosecution’s appeal regarding the legal blood money.