The Damanhour Criminal Court sentimental A 79 -year -old school officer of life imprisonment for positions of sexual assault on a minor student within a private school in Damanhour, according to local media information Wednesday, April 30.
The defendant served as a financial officer at the school. He was referred to the trial by the Central Office of Damanhour Prosecutor’s Office in March 2025 under the positions of the central assault of a child under 18, as described in article 268 (paragraphs 1 and 2) or the Egyptian Criminal Code.
At the beginning of the judicial session, the victim’s legal team urged the Court to impose the maximum penalty, emphasizing the severity of the crime and the emotional cost in the child. The defense, however, defended the breach, citing a lack of evidence of the offices that link the accused with the alleged incident.
Both the victim and the defendant, accompanied by their families, were present at the audience. A large number of citizens gathered in support of the child and to demand justice. The representatives of the National Council for Madre Hood and childhood were also present, with two lawyers of the legal support of the Council attributed by the sessions to ensure that the legal rights of the child were surpassed.
The investigations on the case were in February 2024 and initially concluded in January 2025 with the decision to close the case. However, after an appeal of the child’s family, the prosecutor ordered the reopening of the investigations, which included interrogations of additional witnesses and a new examination of the accused.
Prosecutor’s records indicated that the child had identified the accused on two separate occasions. The reports also showed five documented meetings between the child and the defendant, with initial awards later affected by the altered appearance of the accused.
The ruling marks significant development in a case that has aroused public emotion and caused renewed calls for child protection and responsibility within educational institutions. Crowds in Beheira Gathered Outside the Damanhour court, singing in unison and demanding the execution of the man convicted of assaulting the child Yassin.
The case is developed in the middle of the growing public awareness of child sexual abuse, amplified by the recent broadcast of the Ramadan series of 2025 Shamseya lambwhich caused national conversations around child protection and the responsibility of institutions to guarantee security and responsibility.
