Egyptian prosecutor Dalia Mahmoud represented top prosecutor Hamada al-Sawy on Sunday in the assize court, to be Egypt’s first woman holds this position.

Mahmoud covered a case involving the premeditated murder of a lawyer in Kerdasa, Giza, using an automatic rifle, adding during her pleading that the murder of a lawyer represented an offense towards an integral part of the structure of justice.

She demanded the death penalty be applied on the defendant, and explained the facts of the case and reviewed the evidence brought against the defendant.

Mahmoud concluded her pleading by referring to the honor of representing the prosecution, as she is the first woman in Egypt to stand in “this solemn position.”