Egypt murder conviction quashed

**An Egyptian court has ordered the retrial of an Egyptian tycoon who was convicted and sentenced to death for killing his Lebanese pop star lover.**The court overturned Hisham Talaat Moustafa’s murder conviction on procedural grounds.

He was found guilty last May of paying a retired Egyptian police officer $2m to kill Suzanne Tamim while she was in Dubai in July 2008.

The case has been closely followed throughout the Arab world.