The Cairo Criminal Court, held in the Fifth Settlement on Thursday, postponed the trial of the Gathering serial killer, accused of murdering three women and disposing of their bodies on the desert road between Cairo, Port Said, and Ismailia, to August 13.
The representative of the public prosecution told the court during the trial that the accused committed a new act that was a greater sin and a greater denial, with the help of his accomplice, who brought him narcotic substances and the victim, Rahma Ahmed, who resembled his wife, Lubna. The accused sheltered her in his home and exploited her poverty and needs despite her good treatment of him, but he only presented her with his deviant desires, lavished her with his wealth, promised her marriage, and engaged in sexual relations with her while she was asleep, taking advantage of her vulnerability.
The public prosecutor added that the Gathering serial killer distanced Rahma from her family and executed his plan during the evening of Ramadan while the devils were chained, and he was free. He gave her narcotic substances.
The public prosecutor indicated that the Gathering serial killer exploited the dire poverty of the victim, Rahma, took her to his apartment, and began using drugs with her, lavishing her with money to engage in sadistic practices while promising her marriage until the day of the tragedy during Ramadan.
**Details of the Crimes**
On May 28, the public prosecution announced the details of the Gathering serial killer's crimes after receiving a notification on May 16 about the discovery of an unidentified woman's body on June 30 Road in Port Said.
- The prosecution ordered the lifting of fingerprints and forensic photography of the victim's body to identify her.
- Police investigations revealed the identity of the victim from her fingerprints, establishing that she was married.
- The investigations also uncovered her killer, named "Kareem Mohamed Selim," who had befriended her and taken her to his residence in Katameya to use narcotics, where he murdered her and disposed of her body at the location where it was found.
- The accused was arrested along with the vehicle used to transport the body and two mobile phones belonging to him.
- The accused confessed to meeting girls and taking them to his residence to engage in unusual acts before killing them after drug use and filming the acts using his phones.
- An examination of the accused's phones revealed that he had filmed the murder of a second woman, whose body was found on April 13 along June 30 Road towards Ismailia.
- The public prosecution ordered an inventory of cases of unidentified bodies discovered around the same time and within the vicinity of the accused's residence.
- The public prosecution discovered report number 19053 for 2023 of the First Settlement misdemeanors concerning the body of a third woman that resembled the previous two in circumstances.
- The accused has been referred to criminal trial for the murder of three women.
