Early on Wednesday, a Jordanian man who was charged with murdering his wife in an "honor killing," was sentenced to 10 years in jail, Ro'ya news site reported.

According to reports, the man's sentence was reduced from 20 years, after the victim's family dropped their "personal right" in the case.

During interrogations, the husband said he and his wife had recently moved back to Jordan from Saudi Arabia when she ran away from home.

He thought he'd find her at her aunt's house and so went to search for her there.

When he arrived at the house, he spotted his wife, her aunt and an unidentified man standing at the door. His wife then walked out with the man and he followed them to a wooded area located near Burqush forests.

Angered by the fact that his wife was talking to a man in a secluded area, he immediately attacked her, strangling her with her own scarf and then burning her body.

Soon after the murder, the man called his wife's family asking if they'd seen her and even helped them look for her.

4 days after the murder, the man filed a "missing person" report with police, who later found the woman's body and identified her as the victim.