Cairo court resumes trial of man accused of killing a friend's family

The Cairo Criminal Court has convened the second session of the trial of a man accused of killing his friend and the friend's family.

• The court ordered the defendant into a psychiatric facility for 15 days and appointed forensic psychiatrists to assess his mental state.
• In his confession the defendant said he killed his friend and the friend's family with premeditation after the friend refused to lend him money.
• Lawyers for the victims' family claimed 501,000 Egyptian pounds per victim as interim civil compensation.
• The Cairo Criminal Court received the psychiatric committee's report concluding the defendant showed no signs of mental illness at the time of the crime.
• Egyptian authorities deployed heavy security around the Cairo Criminal Court during the second hearing.
• The defendant is accused of killing the father, his wife, and their two daughters and attempting to rob the home.
• He also allegedly lured the family under false pretenses before killing them inside a vehicle.
• The defendant could not be brought before the court, so the second session proceeded in his absence before the Cairo Criminal Court.
• The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the trial in the 'Maddbah al-Tajammu' case to a session in November.