An Italian tourist accused of beating an Egyptian hotel manager to death in the Red Sea resort of Marsa Alam was referred to criminal court on Tuesday, local media reported.
The Egypt Daily website named the tourist as Ivan Pascal Moro, who allegedly attacked Tarik Abdel Hamidin when a row broke out after he ordered Moro and his children to leave an off-limits construction area in the hotel.
Al-Ahram daily cited judicial sources as saying the public prosecutor has placed a travel ban on the defendant, who has signed an agreement to remain in Egypt and appear before investigating authorities whenever he is summoned.
Moro was arrested after the attack and in September was released on bail set at around 5,600 dollars after a ruling by a court in Hurghada.
Egypt Daily quoted the tourism ministry as saying Moro confessed to Hamidin's murder.
An Egyptian tourism official travelled to Marsa Alam last month to take charge of Moro’s children, ages 6 and 15, and fly them back to Italy, the paper reported.
