GIZA (Egypt) - The Giza Criminal Court Monday ordered a mental check-up to Ihab Salah, an anchorman on official Egyptian television, accused of shooting his wife to death and possessing drugs. The court also decided to postpone the hearings of this high-profile case to November 8. Last July, Salah killed his wife, Magda Kamal, after a heated argument in their house in the Pyramids area, south of Cairo. Salah, 45, told investigators that he argued with Magda and shot her in the head with a handgun he had inherited from his father, a retired police general . "She bled and fell to the ground. I called the emergency police and the first aid to save her. But, they came 45 minutes late," Salah said. He has pleaded not guilty to the charge of premeditated murder. Salah said that he did not intend to kill his wife "I just had acted on the spur of the moment because Magda insulted me and said very bad words about my mother and sister," Salah told the investigators.
