THIS is the moment the husband of a Pop Idol star blasts a masked burglar dead with 16 bullets to protect his family.
Fadi El-Hachem - the dentist husband of former-Arab Idol judge Nancy Ajram - shot Syrian Mohammed Hassan al-Moussa 16 times during the terrifying break-in in Lebanon.
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El-Hachem has been charged with "intentional killing, but in legitimate self-defence" after the shooting in January.
The CCTV footage shows how when burglar al-Moussa notices someone coming around the corner he quickly pulls out a gun.
A man then tries to grab an item - which is understood to be a piece of furniture - to shield himself and then he tries to get away.
But the burglar then forces the man to stay by keeping the gun pointed at him.
Then three men - one of whom is understood to be El-Hachem - entering the room.
Al-Moussa keeps his gun pointed at the men as he scurries along a back wall.
El-Hachem goes after al-Moussa into another room and a bright flash of light is seen as he fires his gun.
Al-Moussa's family claim he was the family's gardener and had gone to the house to ask for money he was owed.
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El-Hachem shot the intruder at least 16 times during a struggle.
Al-Moussa's gun was later determined to be fake.
El-Hachem is unlikely to face the 20-year maximum sentence because of self-defence.
Ms Ajram, 37, and al-Moussa's family have gone on television to talk about what happened, The Times reported.
Ms Ajram - who claims her family did not know al-Moussa - hid in the bathroom when they realised there was a break-in.
She has three daughters aged 11, nine and one.
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She insisted her husband shot al-Moussa to protect their children.
Ms Ajram said in an interview: "Before anything, Fadi is a father and a husband. He is a human being."
Ms Ajram is the face of several brands in the Arab world after rising to prominence as a teen singer.
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