Egyptian TV presenter among 12 sentenced to death for drug crime
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An Egyptian court in Cairo sentenced television presenter Sarah Khalifa, 39, and eleven co-defendants to death for forming an organised criminal gang that manufactured and trafficked narcotics. Khalifa, best known for her crime-focused programme “Mission Impossible,” was among those convicted in the sprawling drug case.
Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- The Guardian·Egyptian TV presenter among 12 sentenced to death for drug crime
Sarah Khalifa, 39, charged with forming organised criminal gang to manufacture and traffick drugsAn Egyptian court sentenced a well-known television presenter and 11 others to death for manufacturing and trafficking narcotics in a sprawling drug case, official media reported on Saturday.The presente...
- BBC News·TV presenter among 11 sentenced to death in Egypt drugs case
Sarah Khalifa is best known for her TV programme Mission Impossible which dealt with crime issues.
- Al Jazeera·Egyptian TV presenter sentenced to death in major drug case
Cairo court sentences TV host Sarah Khalifa and 11 others to death over drug trafficking ring.
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