Mansoura Criminal Court sentences killer of Nayera Ashraf to death

CAIRO – 6 July 2022: Mansoura Criminal Court sentenced to death the killer of student Nayera Ashraf Wednesday, after taking Grand Mufti’s religious advise.

The defendant Mohamed Adel deliberately killed student Nayera Ashraf on June 20 outside Mansoura University.

The court had decided, during its last hearing, to refer the papers of the case to Egypt’s Mufti, to take the religious advise on the execution of the defendant on charges of premeditated murder, according to the Egyptian law, though the religious opinion of the Mufti is non-binding.

Ahead of the Wednesday’s session, the Egyptian Police has reinforced their presence in the vicinity of the Mansoura Criminal Court, as the court is set to announce the verdict in the case of the murder of Mansoura student Nayera Ashraf.

According to investigations, Adel intended to kill her in retaliation for her refuse to engage to him. Adel confessed that he set a plan to commit his crime, where he waited until Nayera Ashraf (the victim) finished her final exam and left the university campus, and he attacked her, slit her neck in the street and left her soaked in blood. The crime scene was captured on camera and went viral on social media, where floods of angry comments calling for justice took over different platforms ever since.

The court has issued a decision to permanently ban publication in the case’s session, except for the verdict, which is scheduled to be pronounced Wednesday.