ALBAWABA - The Egyptian Criminal Court sentenced an Uber driver, from which Egyptian girl Habiba Shamaa jumped outside of a moving car, to 15 years in prison sentence.
The Uber driver, who was accused of trying to kidnap Habiba Shamaa, commonly known as the "Shorouq girl", was also fined 50,000 Egyptian pounds (more than $1,000), in the first trial session.
Habiba Shamaa, an Egyptian girl who jumped out of an Uber car after fears of getting kidnapped, died after three weeks in a coma, Cairo 24 reported on March 14.
Cairo 24 cited the lawyer of the Uber driver Amro Abdel Menim who confirmed the death of Habiba Shamaa.
The story of Habiba Shamaa:
Shamaa, 24, was exposed to a kidnapping attempt after she requested a cab from the famous app, Uber, in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
According to local Egyptian media, the woman took a ride to meet her friends at about 6:50 p.m. from 5th Settlement, where she lives. after ridding the car, Habiba called her mother, but she wasn't able to hear her daughter due to the loud music sound inside the car.
the mother called Habiba Shamaa again and was surprised after a stranger picked up the phone saying that her daughter threw herself outside of the car.
Furthermore, an eyewitness, who saw the girl and was able to get some information about the incident, Shamaa told him that she was riding in an Uber car, and when the car driver tried to harras her, she jumped out of the car, she was taken to the hospital.
After being hospitalized, Habiba Shamaa was in a coma in an intensive care room in a hospital in New Cairo.
