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...November, the presiding judge banned publication of the case's details other than procedural decisions and the final verdict. That same month, a defense lawyer for Moustafa confirmed to CNN that his client had been romantically involved with the singer, and that he had been unable to take Tamim as a second wife because his family had objected. (Polygamy is legal in Egypt...
...after a trial that captivated the Arab world for nearly seven months, Egyptian billionaire Hisham Talaat Moustafa was sentenced to death for hiring a hitman to kill Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim. The pop star, with whom Moustafa had been romantically involved, was found mutilated in her Dubai apartment last July. The dramatic sentencing, which spurred a scuffle between reporters and Moustafa's relatives in a Cairo courtroom, capped one of the most sensational trials in Egypt's history...
...Appeared on Egyptian TV last August to deny rumors that he was involved in Tamim's death, arguing such gossip hurt the nation's economy, and proposing legislation making it a crime to spread rumors. His name was first linked with the homicide following the arrest of Mohsen al-Sukari, an ex-cop who had become a security guard at one of Moustafa's hotels. Security footage, fingerprints and blood-soaked cloathes dumped outside Tamim's building were later introduced as evidence of al-Sukari's guilt...
...Arrested and charged with murder on Sept. 2, after al-Sukari reportedly told police that Moustafa had paid him $2 million to kill Tamim, who had ended her relationship with the tycoon several months earlier. Egyptian authorities, meanwhile, refused to extradite the two men to the United Arab Emirates, where the murder occurred...
...March, prosecutors argued that Moustafa had acted as an accomplice to the crime by providing al-Sukari with money and entry visas to the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom, where he trailed Tamim, who had begun a relationship with an Iraqi-British kickboxer...