Lawyer for the accused of killing Suzan Tamim comments on the news of his pardon
A state of controversy in the Egyptian newspapers, and on social media, after news of the release of a pardon for Mohsen Al-Sukari, who was convicted of the murder of Lebanese actress Suzan Tamim.
Lawyer Muhammad Ezzat said that his client is still serving a 3-year prison sentence, and he has not received any notification or information about the issuance of a pardon decision against his client in this case, noting that he received a previous pardon in 2020 in the case of the murder of Suzan Tamim.
According to a number of local newspapers.
Ezzat added that the Court of Cassation will consider next July the appeal submitted by his client against the ruling issued against him in the money laundering case.
Sources from the family of Mohsen Al-Sukari revealed that he has not reached his family from any official authority so far, indicating that he has issued a presidential pardon, confirming that nearly a year ago, he submitted a petition to the President of the Republic for his exit on the background of the money laundering case, which he took on the impact of. A court sentence of 3 years imprisonment and a fine of 4 million dollars.
The sources indicated to “Cairo 24” that the prison sentence and a fine issued against Mohsen Al-Sukari have been overturned, so an upcoming session has been scheduled for next August, noting that the month of May next year will have expired, and he is currently in Marg prison. Almost 3 months ago.
On January 5, 2021, the Economic Court ruled that Al-Sukari be imprisoned for 3 years and fined 3 million dollars, for convicting him of committing a money laundering crime worth one million and 990 thousand dollars, after an amnesty was issued against him in the case of the murder of singer Suzan Tamim.
It is noteworthy that in 2020, a decision was issued to pardon Mohsen Al-Sukari in the case of the murder of the Lebanese artist Suzan Tamim in 2008, as part of a decision that included 1,357 prisoners on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr, and he had previously received a death sentence by hanging for the killing of Suzan Tamim, but the Court of Cassation amended the ruling in 2012 and ruled Diabetes is punished with life imprisonment.
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