| More court kabuki theater, but it keeps everybody busy while the jugged people remain in jail. |
The violence, which occurred after the dispersal of sit-ins in Cairo protesting the ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, involved the torching of a cop shoppe, a notary office and a school in Beni Suef.
The court also sentenced 12 other people to 25 years in prison in absentia and 77 others to 15 years.
The trial involved 92 defendants, with 25 in jug and 67 tried in absentia.
The defendants include leading Brotherhood figures including member of the group’s guidance office Abdel-Azim El-Sharkawy and former MPs with the Brotherhood’s now-dissolved Freedom and Justice Party.
Badie has previously received prison sentences in other cases.
This latest verdict is subject to appeal.