Hisham Talaat Moustafa is a senior member of the ruling party in Egypt An Egyptian tycoon sentenced to death last year for killing a popular Lebanese singer has had his sentence reduced to 15 years in jail.
Hisham Talaat Moustafa is a senior member of the ruling party in Egypt.
His co-defendant Mohsen al-Sukkari has had his sentence reduced to life in prison.
They were convicted of killing Suzanne Tamim in Dubai in 2008.
Earlier this year, they were granted a re-trial on a technicality.
The case has received huge attention, as it involves a member of an Egyptian elite often seen as being above the law.
Mr Moustafa had been having a relationship with Ms Tamim before her death.
He is believed to have paid Mr Sukkari $2m (£1.3m) to kill Ms Tamim at one of Mr Moustfa’s hotels in an act of revenge after she spurned an offer of marriage.
Both men denied carrying out or ordering the murder.
Ms Tamim was a singer as well known for her troubled private life as her talent.
She became a celebrity as the winner of an Arabic TV talent show.
Ms Tamim was found with her throat slit in a Dubai hotel in July 2008.
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