A Cairo appeals court has ordered Egypt's interior ministry to pay LE1 million to an Egyptian actress in compensation for torturing her into falsely confessing to the murder of her Qatari husband.The amount is considered the largest compensation ever paid out by the ministry to a victim of torture.
In 1999, actress Habiba Mohamed Saeed was accused of killing her Qatari husband in Cairo. She was subsequently tortured by coppers investigating the case, who hoped to extract a confession from her.
The actress says she was tortured and sexually abused for eight days until she confessed -- falsely -- to committing the crime.
In late 1999, a Giza criminal court found Habiba guilty and slapped her with a ten-year jail sentence. After serving five years in prison, police tossed in the slammer
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the real murderers.