(BBC) Hossam Metwally has been sentenced for poisoning his partner during a series of exorcism ceremonies which left her on the brink of death. The doctor’s trial, which could not be reported until its conclusion, over his “dangerous perversion” of the Islamic ruqya ritual was described by a judge as one of the most “bizarre” cases to ever come before him.
A sobbing, clearly distressed woman is tied to a bed as a man looms over her, chanting.
What could be mistaken for a scene from a horror film was, in this case, all too real. And, for four years, Kelly Wilson was subjected to the terrifying ordeal by her partner, Dr Hossam Metwally.
Metwally had convinced vulnerable Ms Wilson, almost 30 years his junior, that her chronic pain was caused by jinns — supernatural spirits found in Muslim folklore.
