The Economic Court in Egypt sentenced the doctor involved in the "dog worship" incident, which outraged public opinion in Egypt, to two years in prison and a fine of 100,000 Egyptian pounds. The court decided to punish Dr. Amr Khairi, a professor and head of the orthopedic department at a major hospital, along with two other individuals, with two years of imprisonment and a 100,000 EGP fine for each, after convicting them of bullying nurse Adel Salem and demanding he bow down to a dog and greet it.
The Public Prosecution had ordered the apprehension of the defendants after a video went viral showing the three individuals bullying the nurse and compelling him to kneel before the dog. The prosecution referred the defendants to a criminal trial for verbally bullying the nurse, showcasing power and control over him, by instructing him to prostrate before an animal owned by one of the doctors, exploiting his weakness and authority to intimidate him and ridicule him.
The prosecution also charged the defendants with violating the principles and family values of Egyptian society, as well as invading the privacy of the victim’s personal life. Furthermore, they were accused of publishing the bullying incident online without the victim's consent, thereby invading his privacy, and using a private social media account to commit these crimes.
The prosecution indicated that it provided evidence against the defendants, as established by viewing the recorded incident of bullying and the defendants’ acknowledgment of their presence in the footage, along with testimonies from the victim and two other witnesses, in addition to the admissions made by the defendants during the investigations.
