The Uber driver requested it before he was sentenced to 15 years.. What is “heinous”?


Written by Ahmed Hosni

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 10:11 AM

A 15-year aggravated prison sentence was issued by the Cairo Criminal Court against an Uber driver accused of attempted kidnapping Habiba Al-Shamma “Sunrise Girl.” During the trial session and before the ruling was issued, the accused demanded that “the hideous” be used to prove his innocence in front of everyone, and Youm7 clarifies in the following points whether “the hideous” can be used in Egyptian courts.

The “ugly” is defined as a Bedouin custom used in customary sessions to show that one party is lying to the other by using a piece of protected metal that is tasted by both parties to show that one of them is lying. Egyptian law does not stipulate the use of such customs and traditions, as the Criminal Code contains many criminal articles that are… Implementing them and imposing the penalty for each crime in accordance with the articles stipulated in the Criminal Code.

And she decided Cairo Criminal Courtheld in the Fifth Settlement, punished the Uber driver accused of trying to kidnap Habiba Al-Shamaa, “Shorouk Girl,” with 15 years in prison, a fine of 50 thousand pounds, and cancellation of his driver’s license.

Habiba Al-Shamaa died on March 14 as a result of her injuries after jumping from an Uber driver’s car.



The Public Prosecution ordered that the accused of attempting to kidnap the victim, Habiba Al-Shamaa, be referred to the competent criminal court. To punish him on charges of attempting to kidnap her by force, possession of narcotic cannabis essence in circumstances other than those authorized by law, and driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of that drug.

Where proven from Public Prosecution investigations By asking the first person who saw the victim – trying to help her – after she threw herself from the accused’s car, she mentioned to him that the accused wanted to kidnap her, and she said in text: “Uber wanted to kidnap me,” and that the legal representative of “Uber” testified that the accused’s account had been closed. Through the company’s application before, due to the large number of complaints from application users against him, he created another account by using another national number through which he was able to reuse the application. The Public Prosecution copied a copy of the papers that it allocated to investigate this forgery incident, and also reviewed the complaints submitted against the accused with the company. Where he works, one of them revealed a complaint from a woman who decided that he had physically harassed her.

The investigations also revealed that the accused used the essence of narcotic cannabis, according to the results of the analysis of the blood and urine samples taken from him, as proven by the forensic report.

Who is Habiba Al-Shamma?



The girl is called Habiba Al-ShammaShe is currently 24 years old, a graduate of the Faculty of Mass Communications from the British University, and works in the field of furniture and decoration.

Who is the accused?

A 34-year-old driver who holds an industrial technician diploma in the refrigeration and air conditioning department. He is married and has 3 children, the eldest of whom is in elementary school.

The beginning of the incident was the filing of a report at the Shorouk Police Department, regarding an attempt to kidnap a girl named “Habiba Al-ShammaAfter riding with an Uber driver, she was surprised by an attempt to kidnap her, which led her to throw herself from the car while it was traveling very quickly, causing her to suffer a concussion and lose consciousness, and she was taken to the hospital.



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