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04:07 PM | 16 Jul 2026
120 million liras fine and life imprisonment... Details of the ruling against “Dr. Food”
Fady Mahouly
The Mount Lebanon Criminal Court, headed by Judge Elie Al-Helou, with two advisors (Rania Rahma and Nour Al-Hout), and in the presence of a representative of the Public Prosecution, issued a ruling in absentia against Dr. Food imposing a life sentence with hard labor on him and on a group of defendants.
They are:
Kamal Abbas Ramadan: His mother is Maryam, born in 1971, Syrian nationality (detained in court).
- Ahmed Dolph Al-Youssef: His mother, Khadija, is of Syrian nationality (arrested in absentia).
- Abdul Karim Zaher Al-Salem: His mother is Manal, born in 1992, Syrian nationality (detained in court).
- Hassan Attia Diab: His mother is Maryam, born in 1976 (arrested in absentia).
Criminalizing the accused (Ahmed Dolph Al-Yousef, Abdul Karim Zaher Al-Salem, Hassan Attia Diab, Muhammad Abdullah Al-Ali, and George Hanna Deeb...) under Article 150 of the Narcotics Law.
- Imposing a penalty of life imprisonment with hard labor on them.
- Each of them was fined an amount of one hundred and twenty million Lebanese pounds (120,000,000 LBP).
- Stripping those convicted in absentia of their civil rights.