An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a...

An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a Shariah Court in Oman in 1999 is safely back at home with his loved ones after he was pardoned by the Sultan of Oman at the close of the holy month of Ramadan.
Sultan Qaboos of Oman granted Mohama Abdullah Angeles "royal clemency" at the end of Ramadan following the recommendation of a Special Supreme Shariah Committee to repatriate the condemned Filipino.
In a report to the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Philippine Embassy in Muscat said the special Shariah committee was created by Sultan Qaboos specifically to review Angeles' case.
The Shariah Court had found Angeles guilty of murdering a co-worker, an Indian national, and sentenced him to death in November 1999. The death sentence was affirmed by the Higher Court of Oman in October 2000. The case was then referred to Sultan Qaboos for his final decision.
Angeles was charged with murdering the Indian during a heated argument over money. The crime happened in the employees' quarters of the Al Watan Printing Co. in Muscat in April 1999.