Cairo criminal court yesterday tossed out an appeal for release from prison by one of the assassins of former Egyptian president Anwar Al Sadat, saying the matter was not under its jurisdiction, a judicial source said.
Abud Al Zumur of the Islamic Jihad filed a case to be released from gaol because his life sentence – set at 25 years in Egypt – had been completed, following his arrest and conviction for involvement in the 1981 killing of Sadat. The court ruled that such a case came under the jurisdiction of the administrative court. No date was given for a new hearing. |