Muscat: An Omani family is waiting to bring the murderer who killed their father to undergo the death penalty after four years of crime investigation.
Despite the court ruling handing out the death penalty, the verdict is still pending as the court awaits a medial report which could possibly acquit him of the murder.
In 2012, the Salalah police station received a call from a national who found the victim wounded with a gunshot.
The Royal Oman Police (ROP), rushed to the incident spot and found that the victim sustained severe injuries in the back.
Later, the victim died on the way to Sultan Qaboos hospital in Salalah.
The accused handed himself over to the police and admitted to the crime. The victim was identified as Abdul Sharif Bait Marjan.
The accused admitted to the court that he was stalking the victim near his residence.
He followed him by car onto the main road and forced him to pull over and then shot Abdul Sharif after a heated argument.
In the court hearings, the accused was confirmed to hold a very decent government job, as well as being a business and family man.
The case was later referred to a technical medical committee to determine the pyschological and mental state of the accsued.
The family spoke to Gulf News and said they will not give up until the accused received the death penalty.
Very few murder cases take place in Oman, and most of the murder crimes are committed by expatriates in Oman.
