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8 suspects remanded in custody in Assiut over seizure of EGP 1.6 million

Date: 2017-12-27 19:02:45 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:61 - ID:7162380

ASSIUT, Egypt, Dec 27 (MENA) - Assuit prosecutors ordered on Wednesday eight suspects, including a lawyer, to be remanded in custody for 15 days pending investigations over attempted seizure of 1.6 million pounds in violation of law. The lawyer ....

Morsi retrial in espionage case delayed to Dec 28

Date: 2017-12-27 17:58:38 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:58 - ID:7162378

CAIRO, Dec 3 (MENA) - The Cairo criminal Court decided during a session Wednesday to delay the retrial of 22 elements of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood including former president Mohamed Morsi and the group guide Mohamed Badie to December ....

Court of Cassation orders retrial of 7 lawyers for attacking judge in Minya

Date: 2017-12-27 12:38:47 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:36 - ID:7161675

CAIRO, Dec 27 (MENA) - The Court of Cassation annulled during a hearing session on Wednesday a five-year-prison-term verdict issued against seven lawyers charged with assaulting a judge in Minya. The court also ordered the re-trial of the ....

Cell members in Sharqiya handed down rigorous jail sentences

Date: 2017-12-27 12:18:05 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:32 - ID:7161694

ZAGAZIG, Dec 27 (MENA) - Zagazig Criminal Court sentenced Wednesday members of a cell in Sharqiya to 10-year rigorous prison sentences each. The court charged the convicts with launching acts of sabotage and communicating with Daesh terrorist ....

Life imprisonment commuted to 3 years for 7 persons in protest case in Minya

Date: 2017-12-27 06:06:54 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:2 - ID:7161006

MINYA, Upper Egypt, Dec 27 (MENA) - The Minya Criminal Court decided during a session Tuesday to reduce jail terms from life imprisonment to 3 years for seven persons in a protest case in Minya, Upper Egypt, in December 2013. The convicts had ....

Ex-Bibliotheca Alexandrina director Ismail Serageldin acquitted of financial mismanagement charges

Date: 2017-12-26 17:44:25 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:69 - ID:7160692

ALEXANDRIA, Dec 25 (MENA) - An Alexandria court on Tuesday acquitted former director of Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) Ismail Serageldin of charges of mismanagement of public money. On August 1, a lower court had slapped former director ....

British tourist jailed over smuggling drugs at Hurghada airport

Date: 2017-12-26 16:11:31 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:62 - ID:7160425

HURGHADA, EGYPT, Dec 26 (MENA) - The Red Sea criminal court sentenced Tuesday a British tourist to three years in prison, after she had been accused of smuggling narcotic pills at Hurghada airport. Laura Plummer, 33, was arrested at Hurghada ....

21 referred to court in Atfih sedition case

Date: 2017-12-26 12:20:15 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:28 - ID:7160024

CAIRO, Dec 26 (MENA) - The Prosecution has referred 20 defendants to the Misdemeanor Court and a minor to the Juvenile Court to be tried as criminals in the attacks on a building in Atfih, Giza, case. Sixteen held in custody pending ....

Five suspects remanded over terrorist charges

Date: 2017-12-26 11:31:56 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:21 - ID:7159870

CAIRO, Dec 26 (MENA) - The State Supreme Security Prosecution on Tuesday ordered remanding for 15 days five suspected terrorists over charges of committing hostile acts against police and army men and against State institutions. They are also ....

Pope Tawadros says Christmas starts from today till Jan. 7

Date: 2017-12-25 13:14:55 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:35 - ID:7158507

CAIRO, Dec 25 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese said Christmas starts from today (Monday) till January 7. Pope Tawadros' statement came during a visit on Monday to Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church ....