Married to the sister of Mahmoud Jaballah, Shehata served as Jaballah's lawyer in Egypt, and was ostensibly sentenced to death in absentia in 1991 following the al-Jihad assassination of Anwar Sadat.
Married to the sister of Mahmoud Jaballah, Shehata served as Jaballah's lawyer in Egypt. Shehata was alternatingly reported to have beensentenced to death, or a light prison sentence, in absentia in 1991 following the al-Jihad assassination of Anwar Sadat.