Assiut Criminal Court has sentenced five to death and another to 10 years prison for killing a priest and stealing his money and golden jewelry.
The five were accused of intentionally killing the priest in his home using a knives while another is accused of aiding the killers, allowing them to enter the priest’s home where she worked as a maid.
Omar Abdallah, Ali Yousef, Khaled Ali, Badawi Farghali, Ihsan Asham and Yassa Abdel-Messih have been sentenced to death.
El-Husseiny Abdallah has been sentenced to death in absentia and Mahmoud Abdallah has been sentenced to ten years in prison in absentia.