The sentence can be appealed.

The Public Prosecution had charged Karim Salim, 37, with killing three women after engaging in sexual acts with all victims before and after their deaths, recording videos of these acts.

The prosecution had referred the man to criminal court on charges of murder, drug possession, drug trafficking, and human trafficking.

First victim discovered
 

The Public Prosecution was notified on 16 May of the discovery of an unidentified woman’s body on Road 30 June in Port Said governorate.

Police investigations led to the identification of the victim and a suspect in the murder.

Investigations established that the suspect had lured the victim to his home in the El-Katameya district in New Cairo to use drugs.

The accused murdered the victim and disposed of the body at the location where it was found, investigators established.

During interrogation, the man confessed to regularly meeting women, taking them back to his residence to use drugs, and engaging in sexual acts with them while they were under the influence of drugs, according to prosecutors.

He admitted to sedating his victims before killing them and recording the acts using his mobile phones.

Forensic analysis of the phones found videos of the man engaging in sexual acts with the body of one of the victims, according to prosecutors.

New connections
 

Further investigations linked the man to another body that was discovered and identified on 13 April along the same road in the direction of Ismailia.

The man also confessed to this second murder in detail, according to prosecutors.

He led investigators to his home, where he re-enacted the crimes and revealed the drugs and medical supplies used and the personal belongings of one of the victims.

The body of a third victim, showing similar signs, was discovered.

A forensic report confirmed that the same drugs found in the bodies of the first two victims were present in the third victim's body, according to prosecutors.

Investigations verified that the same man was also the culprit in the third murder.

Prosecutors used geographical analysis of phone records and surveillance footage from toll stations along the 30 June Highway to track the defendant’s movements during the disposal of the bodies.