Kochi: Egyptian television presenter 39-year-old Sarah Khalifa was among 12 others sentenced to death under narcotics charges by a court in Egypt.
Nine fellow defendants have been sentenced to life imprisonment, while seven have been acquitted.
Those convicted were part of a criminal gang engaged in importing ingredients used to make drugs for sale, BBC reported.
Khalifa has denied the charges. Her lawyer said she would appeal the verdict which was first announced last month.
The authorities had seized over 750kg of narcotics and the imported raw materials used for making them.
Twenty witnesses had given statements to the prosecutors, al-Ahram said, in addition to electronic evidence that included conversations and video clips.
Death sentence for TV celebrity
