The Tunisian Court of Appeal has sentenced the son of a businessman to death by hanging

The Criminal Chamber of the Tunisian Court of Appeal today upheld the death penalty for the eldest son of the late businessman Zahir Abdul Le Kef (Le Kef), after convicting him of premeditated murder after his father was stabbed inside his home in the Aqaba area.

The events of the case date back to the month of Ramadan in 2021, when units of the National Guard in Aqaba received a notification that a businessman had been found missing for life inside his residence, where initial examinations revealed that the victim received more than 19 machine stab wounds at different locations from his body.

Tunisia's trial judge indicted the eldest son on two counts of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison after suspicion was reduced, while the defendant continued to deny responsibility for the crime during the trial stages, insisting that he personally took over the security unit after finding his father dead.

The decision of the Court of Appeal came after violating the 2023 judgment of the Second Criminal Chamber of the Primary Court in Tunisia, which at that time ruled not to hear the case on the accused's right, for the public prosecution to appeal and decide to retrial him.