Judge demands death penalty for Sarah El Amin’s husband

Three months after the killing of Sarah El Amin by her husband (full news at http://bit.ly/1LE0FO2), the Investigative Judge for Mount Lebanon Mohamad Badran issued yesterday an indictment demanding the execution of Ali El Zein by virtue of Article 549 (on attempted murder) of the Penal Code. In this respect, the victim’s family attorney, Ashraf Musawi, clarified that the decision will be referred to the Criminal Court which will start the trial suspended since last May 19 the day the defendant was arrested. Sarah El Amin’s brother Mahmoud said the family is anticipating a fair and legal verdict from the court. For her part, Kafa’s media officer Maya Ammar described the decision as positive, pointing to earlier decisions issued by the Grand Jury under above article, namely in the case of Salam Mohamad from Nabatiyeh who was killed and buried by her husband, as well as in the cases of Manal Assi and Fatma Bakour. However, Ammar disclosed that a number of files are still pending related to the cases of Rukaya Munzir and Nesrine Rouhana. Finally she warned against any commutation of sentence against the defendant. (Al Akhbar, Al Mustaqbal, 12 August 2015)