US woman sentenced to death in Oman

An Omani court today convicted an American woman of murdering her husband and sentenced her to death, according to a court statement.

Rebecca Thompson, along with her 14-year-old son, Derrick, and two Omani men, were convicted of killing Mark Thompson on January 1.

Thompson of Tuttle, Oklahoma, was found shot dead in a suburb of Muscat, the Omani capital. He worked for a local oil company.

According to his relatives in Oklahoma, Thompson had married his wife, who had a son, and moved to Oman about two and a half years ago.

The statement said the son was sentenced to a three-year suspended jail term and would be deported immediately. The two Omani men were each given a 10-year sentence.

It was not immediately clear whether the sentences would be appealed.

US Embassy officials were unavailable for comment.