The Egyptian Court of Cassation upheld on Saturday the death sentence issued by the Kafr El-Sheikh Criminal Court in 2019 against a doctor accused of killing his wife and three children. The Kafr El-Sheikh Criminal Court had issued its ruling in December 2018 in a case that dates back to the doctor's act of murdering his wife and children due to marital disputes. He had placed adhesive tape over their mouths and slaughtered them while they were asleep, according to Al-Ahram newspaper.
It was revealed that the killer had been planning his crime for days beforehand; he arranged with his medical colleague, who works alternating shifts with him, to take his place at work on the day of the incident. After committing the crime, he scattered the contents of his wife's wardrobe (the victim) and hid the murder weapon and valuable items he had stolen beside the road to mislead everyone into thinking that the murder was motivated by theft. He then went to a carpentry shop and visited a bank to divert suspicion from himself.
The killer later returned to his residence and attempted to convince the building guard and neighbors that he had discovered the bodies of the victims. Through investigations, security forces discovered that he committed the crime due to marital disputes. The criminal court referred his case to the Grand Mufti in 2019, resulting in the death sentence.
During the investigations, the convicted admitted to committing the murder, stating that the motive was the existence of previous marital disputes. When the opportunity arose, he bound the hands and feet of the aforementioned victim with tape, strangled her with a rope, threw her to the ground, took a knife, and slaughtered her until he was sure she had died. He then dragged her into the bedroom of his three children, the victims, and slaughtered them with the same knife, justifying his actions by claiming there would be no caretaker for them after their mother's death.
