premeditated

To no one’s surprise, the Saudi government had tried to dodge the issue before claiming Khashoggi had been killed by rogue officials, insisting that the slaying and dismemberment was not premeditated.

Authorities say they believe this suggests the deaths were premeditated.

The seven accused from government forces are being prosecuted for "premeditated murder".

He said the act was premeditated and added two days to the requested sentence.

"You're left with a situation which involves premeditated killing outside of armed conflict, and we refer to that as murder," he said.