Billionaire Hesham Talaat Moustafaex-policeman Muhsen el SukkariFollowing a lengthy trial that gripped Egypt, Moustafa was found guilty of hiring a hitman to kill the pop singer.

The prominent politician and former chairman of a luxury real estate group paid ex-policeman Muhsen el Sukkari $2m (£1.26m) to slit the throat of the attractive star, a court ruled. 

Both Moustafa and Sukkari are to be hanged for the crime.

Riyadh Al Azzawi's fight in London last year before his wife was murdered