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2016-10-17 Africa North

18 Egyptian trial defendants get prison sentence after shoe thrown at judge

[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A Cairo court sentenced 18 defendants on Sunday to two years in prison for insulting the judiciary, after the defendants cheered inside the cage when one of them threw his shoe at the judge, security sources and a lawyer said.

Amar El Shahat, a 19-year-old student, turned around and aimed his shoe at the head of the court as he was being sent back to the cage after being questioned before the court for making noise inside the cage, a police official who was in the courtroom said.

El-shahat is being tried along with 22 others on terrorism charges and possessing weapons, with five being tried in absentia. The trial that began in 2015 was taking place in the police academy.

Sunday's sentence was for a separate charge of insulting the judiciary during a court hearing.

A policeman who was standing behind the Mohammed Shereen Fahmy, the judge, caught the shoe just before it could hit Fahmy's head, said Khaled el Masry, a lawyer representing three of the defendants, who was in the courtroom.

The rest of the defendants supported their colleague, which is what led the court to move a criminal case against them, and accuse them of insulting the judiciary, the police official said. They were all sentenced to two years in prison after a representative of the general prosecution in court called for them to be handed the maximum sentence, the police official added.

The defendants have the right to appeal against the decision, but El Masry said they had been handed two years in prison in a previous court session but didn't appeal. "They do not recognize the court as a valid judicial body that could try them," el Masry said.

Posted by Fred 2016-10-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top
File under: Arab Spring

#1 The defendants have the right to appeal against the decision, but El Masry said they had been handed two years in prison in a previous court session but didn't appeal. "They do not recognize the court as a valid judicial body that could try them," el Masry said.

*clang*
"I don't recognize this prison cell as legitimate!"
"Shuddup"

Posted by Frank G 2016-10-17 10:09|| 2016-10-17 10:09|| Front Page Top

#2 It was 'orrible, even one sole lost matters.

Posted by Shipman 2016-10-17 12:37|| 2016-10-17 12:37|| Front Page Top

#3 There are things worser than being sent to your room. Ignorashun is one such. I'll be in the basement withe the LOP&G, working the Foley Live Oak Interchange.

Posted by Shipman 2016-10-17 17:06|| 2016-10-17 17:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Was wuz gonna say "Go to your room, Ship."

Kudos for the initiative.

Posted by Pappy 2016-10-17 20:49|| 2016-10-17 20:49|| Front Page Top

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