Story By: Ana Marjanovic, Sub-Editor: Michael Leidig, Agency: Newsflash
The son of Egypt’s immigration minister is facing the death penalty for the premeditated murder of two young men in the USA.
Ramy Hany Mounir Fahim, 26 – who lives in Irvine, California – is accused of stabbing his co-worker and a flatmate to death in the nearby city of Anaheim in Orange County at around 6.30am on 19th April.
The suspect is the son of Nabila Makram, Egypt’s Minister of Immigration and Expatriate Affairs.
The Egyptian embassy in the US is involved in the case and Ramy is next expected to appear at the Supreme Court of California on 17th June.
After the suspect was charged for double murder last month, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement on 22nd April: “A 26-year-old man has been charged with special circumstances murders for stabbing his co-worker to death and then stabbing his co-worker’s roommate to death in their Anaheim apartment early Tuesday morning.
“The special circumstances of lying in wait and multiple murders make him eligible for the death penalty.
“Ramy Hany Mounir Fahim, 26, of Irvine, has been charged with two counts of murder, and two enhancements each of lying in wait, multiple murders, and the personal use of a deadly weapon.
“Fahim is accused of stabbing his co-worker, 23-year-old Griffin Cuomo, to death and then stabbing Cuomo’s roommate, 23-year-old Jonathan Bahm, to death in their Katella Avenue apartment in Anaheim at around 6:30 a.m. on April 19, 2022. Cuomo and Fahim worked together at an Orange County wealth management company.
“Fahim was still inside the victims’ apartment when Anaheim police responded to a 911 call.”
In a statement last week, the suspect’s politician mother said: “My family and I are going through a severe ordeal, and we are going through a difficult time following the accusation of my son of committing a murder in the US.
“This accusation is being overseen before an American court, and a conclusive ruling has not yet been issued.
“Doing my duties as a minister in the Egyptian government does not conflict at all with me being a believing mother who bravely faces the plight of her son.
“Whatever the consequences, as a minister, I take full responsibility for my position and the requirements of working with it, and I clearly differentiate between what is personal and what is public.”
The case continues.
