Indictment Demands Death Penalty for George al-Rif's Killer
A Beirut judge issued on Wednesday an indictment demanding the death penalty against the murderer of George al-Rif, reported the National News Agency.
It said that Judge Charbel Rizk made the indictment against detainee Tariq Yatim for stabbing Rif in July.
His companion, detainee Lina Haidar was released from custody after “she served the legal amount of time in jail.”
The case was referred to the Beirut criminal court for trial.
In July, Yatim stabbed Rif in broad daylight over a traffic dispute.
Yatim, has a history of violent attacks and a long criminal record, media reports said.
He was among the group that beat up a valet parking attendant in 2009 outside the Sofitel Le Gabriel Beirut Hotel in Ashrafieh
In 2012, he was involved in an incident at the Zahrat el-Ihsan School in Ashrafieh, where Yatim and his associates beat up sports instructor Elie Farah and ripped off his ear after he did not allow a schoolgirl not donning sportswear from taking part in his class.
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