PHOTO: Mohamed Naddaf has been jailed for at least eight years. (AAP: David Crosling)
I know why Norman Sharp was convicted of the murder of his wife Inbar Rahal in Melbourne. His story was that he found her in their car, beaten, stabbed, and bound. Sharp took her inside and treated her wounds, not calling for help because DHHS had already threatened to take their three children because of filthy home conditions.
Authorities found him hugging her corpse five days later.
He went to prison and the children to foster care.
To this day, Sharp continues to declare his innocence, and denies any knowledge of how Inbar had come to be so mistreated.
As for the Jinn who had possessed him, I’ve only been hunting him for twenty years, but his grievance with Inbar spanned centuries. One of Inbar’s ancestors had murdered his own daughter, whom the Jinn had possessed because he loved her. The Jinn had his revenge and someday, I’ll have mine.
I wrote this for the What Pegman Saw writing challenge. The idea is to use a Google Maps image/location as the prompt for crafting a piece of flash fiction no more than 150 words long. My word count is 150.
Today, the Pegman takes us to Melbourne, Australia. Naturally, I looked the place up, but there was way too much information for me to quickly decide on a topic, and I need to get the yard work done before it gets too hot.
I looked up their local news and found the ABC news story Death of woman ‘slow, miserable and avoidable,’ judge tells husband. I used the basic facts of the case as the basis of my story, changing some of the details and, of course, the names.
I also researched Exorcism in Islam and found a Jinn might possess someone because they are dangerous to the Jinn, they are in love with the person, or just because the Jinn is evil.
I created my “Jinn hunter” because I needed a narrator.
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I suppose it’s as sound a reason as David Berkowitz saying how the dogs told him to shoot people, not that this will matter to the jury.
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In an occult story where demonic possession is possible, this could happen, however in the actual case, the husband says he has no idea who attacked his wife and was only charged with neglecting her condition which resulted in a slow, agonizing death, not murder.
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What a novel idea!
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Is that supposed to be a pun, Karen?
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I’d forgotten about Jinn. Thanks for posting an interesting story about a story to remind.
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You’re welcome, and thanks for reading, Alicia.
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Ooh, what an interesting twist you put on a horrible story — making it, in many ways, even more horrible. Is there more to this?
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My fictional tale? No. I wrote it as a “one off,” leaving the mystery hanging. There’s only so much you can do with 150 words, Joy. Thanks.
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Dear James,
The image of Inbar clinging to his wife’s corpse for five days makes me cringe. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Actually, he probably didn’t hold her for the entire time. There were three children in the home ages three and under, so I’m sure he had to provide for them, at least marginally.
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Revenge is bad enough, but revenge across the centuries – awful!
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Fortunately, it’s fictional revenge. No one was hurt in the writing of this story, Penny.
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Love the twist in the tail ending of this sinister story, James. Revenge is never as sweet as that bitter pill which spurs it.
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There’s a thin line sometimes between revenge and justice, Kelvin. Thanks.
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