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She Hosted a TV Crime Program. Now She Has Been Sentenced to Death.

From Aftenposten · () Norwegian

Translated from Norwegian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Egyptian television host and producer Sarah Khalifa and 11 others were sentenced to death by hanging by a Cairo criminal court.
  • The 12 defendants were convicted of importing, producing and trading drugs, while nine others received prison terms and seven were acquitted.
  • The ruling came a month after the court referred the case to Egypt’s grand mufti, whose opinion is advisory before a possible death sentence.

Sarah Khalifa, best known as the host of a television program about crime, has been sentenced to death in Egypt.

A Cairo criminal court sentenced Khalifa and 11 others to death by hanging on Saturday, according to The Guardian. The court found the 12 defendants guilty of importing, producing and trading drugs. Nine other defendants received prison sentences, while seven were acquitted, Egyptian news website Masrawy reported.

The ruling came one month after the court referred the case to Egypt’s grand mufti, the country’s highest authority in the Sunni Muslim religious judiciary. Such a referral is routine before a possible death sentence in Egypt. The mufti’s opinion is advisory and does not bind the court, Al Jazeera reported.

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