- Dubai court had upheld the death sentence of Obaida killer early this year.
The trial of the Jordanian man, Nidal Eissa Abdullah, came to an end in February after the Dubai high court upheld the capital punishment that was given by the two lower courts. He was found guilty of kidnapping and sexually assaulting Obaida, also from Jordan.Defense lawyer Ali Musabeh, confirmed the execution on his Twitter page. "Today morning Dubai police executed the death sentence issued by Dubai courts, after it had been approved by Dubai Ruler, on the defendant Nidal Eissa, killer of Obaida, in Al Ruwayya area in Dubai," Musabeh said in a tweet.
The boy went missing on May 20, 2016, and his body was found two days later on the side of a road in Al Warqa.
The convict Nidal Eissa Abdullah was found guilty of kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing the Jordanian child under the influence of alcohol.
The Dubai public prosecution has been pushing all along for the court to inflict the death penalty against the accused.
Musabeh pleaded earlier for the court to exert leniency towards his client on the grounds that he was showing regret over what he did. He said his client was under the influence of alcohol and could not recall what happened that night. He also cited his client's claims of being rejected by his own family which contributed to his alcohol abuse, as the accused claimed.
A psychiatric report concluded Abdullah was mentally stable and sane and thus could be held responsible for his actions and behavior.
The court ruling states that the convict's body be repatriated to his home country after the execution.
A death penalty ruling that comes out of the Dubai Court of Cassation, has to be approved by the Dubai Ruler before it can be executed, as per article 67 of the UAE Federal Penal Code.
Convicts sentenced to death are executed in Dubai by a firing squad.
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