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Prime suspect denies killing Suzan Tamim
Mohsen Al Sukkari, the main suspect in the murder of Lebanese singer Suzan Tamim, has denied killing her, although he admitted to receiving $2 million (Dh7.3 million) as a price for his silence, according to his lawyer.
- By Dina Aboul Hosn, Staff Reporter
- Published: 00:30 September 12, 2008
Dubai: Mohsen Al Sukkari, the main suspect in the murder of Lebanese singer Suzan Tamim, has denied killing her, although he admitted to receiving $2 million (Dh7.3 million) as a price for his silence, according to his lawyer.
"My client followed Suzan in London and went to her house in Dubai but not on the day she was killed, which is shown in the footage caught by the security cameras," advocate Anees Atef Al Mennawi said while addressing members of the Arabic press.
Change of plan
Al Sukkari said he went to Suzan's apartment to frame her in a drug case in accordance with a deal he made with Egyptian tycoon Hesham Tala'at Mustafa, who was charged with paying for the murder.
Al Sukkari was supposed to plant drugs in Suzan's apartment by presenting her a photo frame that was filled with narcotics. He told interrogators he had shown Mustafa the photo frame, in which he had provided a hidden groove for the drugs, but said he did not stick to the plan.
He said investigators had found the frame but without the drugs.
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Asked why he had still accepted money from Mustafa, Al Sukkari, a former police officer, said he had sought the $2 million to remain silent because he was the only one in the know of Mustafa's involvement in Suzan's murder.
"I don't know who killed her. What I know is that Mustafa has agreements with other people in this regard," he said.
Al Mennawi told the Al Sharq Al Awsat Arabic newspaper his client had never admitted to buying the knife used in the murder.
"He bought many things, including a small Swiss knife, which is not very sharp and comes with tools other than the knife," he said.
Money in the bank
Al Sukkari also told interrogators that one of the reasons Mustafa wanted to kill Suzan was that he had money in her bank accounts and all his attempts to freeze her accounts had been in vain.
The lawyer said the clothes found with blood stains on them did not belong to his client, and that the security cameras had caught him wearing different clothes when he entered.
He also sought to put a lid on rumours that his client had contemplated suicide, saying "he is not a criminal".
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