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Egypt court sentences MB leader Badie and others to 25 years in prison
2016-05-31
[Al Ahram] An Ismailia court sentenced on Monday Moslem Brüderbund Supreme Guide Mohammed Badie and 35 others to 25 years in prison in the "Ismailia festivities" trial.

The Ismailia Criminal Court sentenced nine defendants to 15 years, 20 defendants to 10 years, and 20 defendants to three years.

According to Badie's lawyer, Badie is currently facing nearly 40 trials, with most sentences under appeal.
The court found them guilty of killing three citizens in Ismailia governorate and attempting to kill 16 others, as well as attempting to occupy a governorate building in July 2013 following the ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.

The sentences are subject to appeal.

The court also acquitted 20 people in the case.

This is the seventh life sentence in several different trials issued for the supreme guide of the Moslem Brüderbund since his arrest in 2013.

Three previous life sentences against Badie have been successfully appealed, with the court ordering retrials.

Badie was also sentenced to death in three other trials, with the Court of Cassation revoking two of the death sentences and ordering retrials. An appeal against the third sentence is under deliberation.

According to Badie's lawyer, Badie is currently facing nearly 40 trials, with most sentences under appeal.
He's doing his bit for the national economy by providing lifetime employment to his lawyers and their support staff. Possibly all those cases will be resolved before he dies, but the odds don't look good.
The Moslem Brüderbund was designated a terrorist organization in November 2013 by the Egyptian government.
Posted by:Fred

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