A judicial source confirmed to the AFP that an Egyptian judge had been given the death penalty on Tuesday for the murder of his wife.
According to this source, Ayman Hagag and a companion were given the death penalty by the criminal court of Giza, close to Cairo, for the “voluntary homicide” of television host Shaima Gamal in June.
According to Egyptian law, the mufti of the Republic will be asked for his solely advisory opinion before the death penalty is confirmed or overturned in a final decision anticipated on September 11.
Shaima Gamal, 42-year-old Ayman Hagag’s wife, vanished around the end of June, according to the judge at the Council of State.
The husband and another guy, a “accomplice,” who turned himself in to testify about his involvement in the murder and who assisted in locating the victim’s grave, were both charged at the beginning of July, according to the prosecutor’s office.
Two months after a similar homicide shocked the nation, the prosecutor’s office said last week that it had jailed a student for the murder of a female classmate who turned down his approaches.
In order to “deter as many people as possible,” a court requested at the end of July that the murderer of a student who was stabbed to death in front of her university in June be executed live on television.
In a nation where rigorist Islam has been gaining ground since the 1970s, Egyptian women claim they are frequently subjected to assault and hurt by the law.
Authorities estimate that approximately 8 million women were victims of public assault in 2015, whether it came from a partner, a family, or a total stranger.
