Cairo Court of Appeal acquits Ahmed Basam Zaki of sexually assaulting, blackmailing 3 girls

 

CAIRO- 12 September 2022: A Cairo Economic Court of Appeals acquitted Ahmed Bassam Zaki of accusation of indecent assaults against three girls, blackmailing them and using social media to harass them.

 

 

The court accepted Zaki’s appeal against the first-degree verdict of 3 years in prison. He had handed down the three years in prison on December 29, 2020 by the Cairo Economic Court.

 

 

He was also sentenced to eight years in jail by a Cairo Criminal Court’s verdict in April 2021 for charges of assaulting and blackmailing three girls.

 

 

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 was 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 was also accused of drug possession and abuse.