Mohsen al-Sukkari ( ar, محسن السكري), is an Egyptian former police officer who, on 28 July 2008 murdered the well-known Lebanese artist

Suzanne Tamim Suzanne Tamim ( ar, سوزان تميم, September 23, 1977 – July 28, 2008) was a Lebanese singer who rose to fame in the Arab world after winning the top prize in the popular ''Studio El Fan'' television show in 1996. She was murdered in Du ...

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

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on orders of Egyptian business tycoon and member of the Egyptian Parliament

Hisham Talaat Moustafa Hisham Talat Moustafa ( ar, هشام طلعت مصطفى) (born December 12, 1959) is an Egyptian realtor and former chairman and head of the Real Estate Branch of the Talaat Moustafa Group. He had been elected in 2004 to the Shura Council in th ...

in return for $2 million paid by Moustafa, according to statements made by the murderer to the investigators in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

. Consequently the parliamentary immunity was dropped from Mr. Moustafa and he was arrested and charged. Both Al-Sukkari and Moustafa were tried for the murder. On 21 May 2009, Al-Sukkari was consequently found guilty for pre-meditated murder. Moustafa on the other hand was found guilty of involvement in the murder through "incitement, agreement and assistance.". On 25 June 2008, the Cairo court sentenced both Al Sukkari and Moustafa to death by

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. Egypt's

Grand Mufti The Grand Mufti (also called Chief Mufti, State Mufti and Supreme Mufti) is the head of regional muftis, Islamic jurisconsults, of a state. The office originated in the early modern era in the Ottoman empire and has been later adopted in a num ...

Sheikh Ali Goma'a upheld the verdict: "The court found no reason to have mercy on the defendants and decided to execute them unanimously." An appeal was filed the day before the 25 August 2008 deadline and a hearing was held on 4 February 2010, and the case was postponed to 4 March 2010. Mohsen al-Sukkari was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for the murder of Suzanne Tamim. According to a judicial source Mr Sukkari was also sentenced to three extra years in jail for possession of an illegal weapon. On 22 May 2020, he was released from prison, after receiving a pardon from President

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi; (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has served as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014. Before retiring as a general in the Egyptian mil ...

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