The Court of Appeal has upheld the death penalty for Zaheer's son Abdul Le Kef

The Criminal Chamber of the Tunisian Court of Appeal has handed down a sentence of death by hanging for the son of the late businessman Zahir Abdul Le Kef (Le Kef). This appeal comes after a court case over the murder of a businessman inside his residence.

Details of the incident date back to the prosecutor's indictment of the accused for premeditated murder after he stabbed his father in 19 windows inside his residence in the Aqaba area.

The Tunisian Primary Court had previously examined the facts of this case and decided in 2023 not to hear the defendant's case.

The Prosecutor General subsequently pronounced a preliminary injunction not to hear the case for the Criminal Chamber to pledge the case to the Court of Appeal and accept his conviction and death sentence by hanging.