The Giza Criminal Court on Monday sentenced three defendants to life in prison over raping an actress inside her apartment in Haram neighborhood in front of her child and stealing her belongings in February 2017, the Al-Watan news website reported. A fourth defendant was sentenced to 15 years in prison in the same case. According to the prosecutors’ investigation, the first three defendants stormed the victim’s residence using a bladed weapon and a firearm, and threatened to harm her and her child before raping her. They stole LE700, three mobile phones, a TV screen and a tablet. A man named Abd al-Mageed A. stated that he had bought a TV screen from one of the defendants for LE3,500, but did not know that it was stolen.

Source: Egypt Independent January 27, 2020 13:41 UTC