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North Florida Muslim set wife on fire, faces life in prison
Posted on June 29, 2012
by creepingsharia
A 41-year-old Palatka man who doused his first wife with lighter
fluid and set her on fire two years ago faces life in prison when he is
sentenced in August.
Khalid Abeljawwad Mohd was found guilty Tuesday of various charges
related to the attack on Rema Jamel in March 27, 2010 after she asked
him to help extend her visa.
“Mohd told her he would not help her and that he intended to bring
his second wife from Jordan, where it is legal to have multiple wives,
to live in Palatka,” the State Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
Mohd then told her she could not take her children with her back to
Jordan and he threatened to kill her and bury her in the back yard, the
statement said.
She suffered second- and third-degree burns over 75 percent of her body. She testified at his two-day trial this week.
A jury deliberated for a little more than an hour Tuesday before
finding Mohd guilty of attempted first-degree murder with a weapon,
arson and aggravated battery causing serious bodily injury with a
weapon.
“The defendant carried out this crime with chilling brutality.
Because of the testimony of the victim and her son, Mohd’s vicious and
senseless rage will not go unpunished.” State Attorney R.J. Larizza said
in a statement.
Circuit Judge Patti A. Christensen is scheduled to sentence Mohd on Aug. 8
When she was taken to Putnam Community Medical Center after being
burned, Mohd told officials she had a grilling accident. Later, he said
that she set herself on fire.
A police report said she told officials Mohd got so angry with her,
she tried to call police. But he removed the phone line from the wall so
she couldn’t call. Then she tried to go to a neighbor’s house, and
that’s when he sprayed lighter fluid on her.
“She stated that when she went to the front door to leave, Mohd
pushed her to the floor in the living room causing her to blackout,” the
report said. She “stated she remembers walking up in the hospital with
her body burned.”
Her two children were playing on the trampoline when she was
attacked. Both told police they heard their parents arguing and they
said their mother on fire with “yellow stuff” dripping from her body.
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