The Egyptian Court of Cassation ruled, today, Saturday, rejecting the appeal submitted by "Brotherhood" Mahmoud Mekawi Afifi to re-trial procedures in the case of the events of the Federal Palace in which the accused, the late President Mohamed Morsi and others were accused, and whose facts date back to 2012.
The court upheld the 20-year prison sentence against the accused, Afifi, who participated in torture and shootings, which killed Al-Hussaini Abu Dhif and others. The court also ruled that the accused Afifi be placed under police supervision for a period not exceeding 5 years.
The Department 23 Terrorism at a Criminal Court north of Cairo, sentenced to 20 years in prison for the accused Mahmoud Mekawi in re-trial procedures, in the case of the events of the Federal Palace.
It is noteworthy that the Court of Cassation had approved the ruling against the dismissed President Mohamed Morsi, the two Muslim Brotherhood leaders, Mohamed El-Beltagy, Issam El-Erian and 6 others, for a maximum sentence of 20 years in the same case, after refusing the reasons for the appeal submitted by the defendants to the ruling issued against them by the Criminal Court, to become The verdict issued against them is final and may not be appealed. "Muhammad Mursi, Asaad Al-Sheikha, Ahmed Abdel-Ati, Ayman Abdel-Raouf Hudhud, Alaa Hamza, Muhammad Al-Beltagi, Essam Al-Arian, Abdul Hakim Ismail and Jamal Saber were tried in the case."