Sexual Predator Ahmed Bassam Zaki sentenced to 3 years over indecent assault against 3 girls

CAIRO - 29 December 2020: Sexual Predator Ahmed Bassam Zaki, who is accused of indecent assaults against three girls, blackmailing them and using social media to harass them.

Arrested in July, sexual predator Ahmed Bassam Zaki, 21, stood his first trial hearing last September. Zaki can still appeal Tuesday's court ruling. 

On September 1, 2020, Egyptian Attorney-General Hamada Al-Sawi ordered the referral of Zaki to a specialized criminal court to be tried over harassment accusations. Zaki is facing charges of raping three girls, below 18 years old, and threatening them and blackmailing them, into sexual intercourse.

He is also charged with inciting immorality, stalking, violating society's value by violating his victims’ privacy through constant texting and taking pictures of her while kissing her without their consent using his social media accounts.

Zaki is also accused of drug possession and abuse.