The Egyptian Public Prosecution announced on Monday afternoon that three men have been referred to criminal trial for the rape of a young woman along Egypt’s North Coast. In a statement, the Egyptian Public Prosecution said that Amir Zayed, Youssef Korra and Sherif El Komy had been referred to criminal trial for a crime that occurred in a tourist compound along Egypt’s North Coast in 2015. “The Public Prosecution collected the evidence from the victim and six other eyewitnesses, along with evidence of a visual recording of a [part] of the incident showing two of the accused sexually abusing the victim,” said the Public Prosecution in its statement, adding that further evidence was discovered during investigations into the the gang rape of a young woman at the Fairmont Nile City Hotel in 2014, now widely known as the ‘Fairmont Incident’ and the ‘Fairmont Crime’ (جريمة الفيرمونت). The three men were among others exposed on social media in July 2020 in relation to the Fairmont Crime. Zayed, one of the three defendants in the North Coast rape trial, was arrested on 27 August 2020 while attempting to flee Egypt. What are…
Three Egyptian Men Referred to Criminal Trial for North Coast Rape
April 5, 2021
