QATAR: COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO 10 YEARS JAIL

an unidentified man facing death in Qatar for murdering his friend had his sentence commuted to 10 years. The appeal court was hearing the case for a second time under a different panel of judges on the advice of the Supreme Court of Justice. The accused rammed the victim to death with his car after a drunken brawl over a woman during a party at a farm owned by the victim, on September 20, 2005, according to the charge-sheet. The appeal court said there was not enough evidence to prove that the accused wanted to kill the victim.