Egypt court orders retrial of businessman over murder

An Egyptian court on Thursday accepted an appeal request by property tycoon and politician Hesham Talaat Moustafa and ordered a retrial after he was sentenced to death for murdering a Lebanese singer.

The court "accepts the request for retrial for both convicts," judge Adel Abdel-Hamid told the court. He added that the case, which included a security man also sentenced to death over the murder, would go to a criminal court. (Reuters)