Today, Jordanian officials released man who killed his sister in a “fit of fury” because she became pregnant while unmarried. She was two to three months pregnant when she died.

The 39-year-old man identified as Ahmad S strangled his sister in October 2003 to “cleanse the family honour” when he learned that she was pregnant, the newspaper said, quoting court documents.

He handed himself to police and was held until he came up for trial this week, when the criminal court on Tuesday decided to drop charges of premeditated murder laid by the state prosecutor.

The court found him guilty instead of committing a “misdemeanour” in line with Article 98 of the penal code because he claimed he “killed his sister in a fit of rage”, the newspaper said.

No doubt, it also helped that his father decided to drop charges against his son for the murder.