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The result of tests conducted by Ahmed Fattouh, the Zamalek player, after the death of a “police secretary” who was hit by the player with his car, raised questions as to whether it was proof of guilt or not.
The results of the tests carried out at the Al-Alamein Model Hospital showed that Fattouh was positive for the use of cannabis, and negative for other narcotic drugs such as Tramadol.
Zamalek goalkeeper Mohamed Sobhi was with Fattouh in the car when they returned from the North Coast before he ran over the victim, who works as a police secretary, Fattouh was detained in one of the police stations on the North Coast after doing these tests at the hospital.
A medical source familiar with what happened inside Al-Alamein Hospital told Masrawy, “Fattouh’s urine test showed that he had only used cannabis, and negative for other narcotic drugs such as Tramadol.”
The source said, “The analysis was done with a rapid tester (Rapid Test), and not a digital blood analysis,” explaining that this analysis is an “early indication of drug use that ‘ player, similar to what happens in traffic campaigns.”
Masrawy spoke to 4 medical sources specialized in toxicology and addiction tests, and a lawyer to explain the results of the analysis, and what will happen as the investigations carried out by the judicial authorities continue.
One of the sources, who declined to be named, said, “The investigation in this way shows that he used some type of cannabis, which means that he consumed hashish, banjo, or marijuana, or that He sat in a place next to someone who used these items, but for a long time. “
He explained, “The most likely thing is that he consumed some type of cannabis and this is what showed up in the test strip for the drug,” but this is followed by another procedure by getting blood sample to make new analyzes for the last time. of use and its percentage in the blood.
As to whether or not this was definitive proof of abuse, a second source who was formerly in charge of one of the addiction and abuse control units said, “The test is not proof of abuse fast the percentage inside the body.”
He pointed out that the usual procedure in such cases is for the hospital to keep the same sample and send it for confirmatory analysis, stressing that “this rapid test cannot be relied upon to decide or take any action, except after the results of the verification. tests show.”
He gave an example of this: “If there is an employee who is using drugs within an institution, and the management decides to dismiss him based on this rapid test, he can he can easily apply and return to work again. “
A third source who works in the Department of Laboratory Tests and Analysis for Addiction Treatment at the Ministry of Health agreed with this suggestion, stressing that “the first study is not a definitive proof, and the proof test case.”
What does the law say?
In turn, cassation lawyer Ayman Mahfouz said that a positive sample is strong evidence in convicting anyone accused of committing a drug abuse crime, and is also an aggravating circumstance in other crimes such as murder and wrongful wounding.
However, he emphasized that “the authenticity of the sample is not in itself a reason or a special evidence that leads to the conviction of the accused, if the arrest and search procedures were invalid, or if the subject was not charge in delicto state, so the authenticity of the sample is not considered.”
“Mahfouz” explained to Masrawy, regarding the player Ahmed Fattouh, “they were arrested and investigated legally. He pointed out that Article 34 of the Code of Criminal Procedure allows the judicial officer, in delicto delicto cases of felonies or misdemeanors punishable by imprisonment for a period exceeding 3 months, to order the person accused to arrest who has enough evidence. to accuse him, considering that “Fatouh is red-handed in committing a crime, and if it is allowed to arrest and investigate him, and medical tests are one of the types of investigations. “
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