Nov 16 2008 |
more articles from
|
Prosecutors want Mubarak's son summoned for Suzan murder trial
Sunday, Nov 16, 2008
Gulf News
Cairo: Prosecutors in the Suzan Tamim murder trial here have requested the court to summon Jamal Mubarak, the influential son of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, to testify about his relationship with business tycoon Hesham Tala'at Mustafa - the prime suspect in the case.
The prosecutors also requested that Habib Al Adli, Egypt's incumbent Minister of Interior, who was the head of the State Security Department in which the prime defendant and ex-policeman, Mohsin Al Sukkari once served, to be summoned to court. The court is yet to decide on both requests.
Suzan was found dead in her luxury apartment in Dubai on July 28.
About 30 witnesses are expected to appear at the trial in which about 13 lawyers from Egypt, the UAE and Britain are engaged.
"Dubai Police should hand over the shirt seized at the scene of the murder because the one that was sent to Egypt was not the real one," Fareed Al Deeb, the lawyer for Mustafa , one of Egypt's top real estate developers, claimed during the second session of the court on Saturday.
Al Deeb requested that residents of the apartment building where Suzan resided in Dubai be summoned as well.
Al Sukkari claimed Mustafa , 49, had ordered him to kill Suzan - with whom the latter had reportedly had an affair - in return for $2 million (Dh7.34 million).
Both Al Sukkari and Mustafa face the death penalty if convicted. On Saturday they were whisked into the courtroom from a back door amid tight security.
During Saturday's hearing, Mustafa 's lawyer Al Deeb questioned the auth-enticity of the measures adopted by Dubai Police in arresting Al Sukkari and charging him with the murder of the singer.
The court on Saturday examined evidence found at the scene of the murder and cross-examined Samir Sa'ad, an Egyptian police officer working for Interpol (International Police) in Cairo.
© Gulf News 2008. All rights reserved.
Zawya Comment Policy
-
Zawya encourages you to add a comment to this discussion. You agree that when you add content to this discussion your comments will not:
1.1 Contain any material which is libelous or defamatory of any person, is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory or causes damage to the reputation of any person or organisation.
1.2 Promote sexually explicit material, violence, discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age or any illegal activity.
1.3 Be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
1.4 Be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
1.5 Be used to impersonate any person, to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person, or be likely to deceive any person.
1.6 Give the impression that they represent Zawya.
1.7 Advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse. - The content posted on www.zawya.com is created by members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of Zawya. Zawya reserves the right to review all comments prior to posting and edit or delete any contribution, but Zawya is not responsible for and can not be held liable for any content posted by members of the public on www.zawya.com.
- Zawya is not responsible for the availability or content of any third party sites that are accessible through www.zawya.com. Any links to third party websites from www.zawya.com do not amount to any endorsement of that site by Zawya and any use of that site by you is at your own risk.
- By submitting your comment, you hereby give Zawya the right, but not the obligation, to post, air, edit, exhibit, telecast, webcast, re-use, publish, reproduce, use, license, print, distribute or otherwise use your comments worldwide, in perpetuity.
Copyright © 2012 Zawya Ltd. All rights reserved. |
provided by www.zawya.com |
Post Your Comment