Egypt: Multiple criminal sentences handed down in various robbery and drug cases

Courts in Egypt have issued several significant sentences following various criminal incidents across different governorates.

In Assiut, a criminal court sentenced three individuals to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment and a 50,000 EGP fine each for possession of narcotics and firearms. The defendants were apprehended following a police pursuit after attempting to evade a security checkpoint.

In Cairo, a criminal court sentenced a gang consisting of two women and two men to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for the armed robbery of tuk-tuks and motorcycles in the El Salam area. The group used knives to threaten and injure victims to steal vehicles and money.

In Giza, the appellate criminal court upheld 10-year rigorous prison sentences for two defendants involved in an armed home invasion in Dokki, where victims were threatened with knives to surrender cash and electronics. Additionally, a young man received a one-year sentence for the armed robbery of a citizen in Giza, involving the forced signing of debt receipts.

A trial is also ongoing in Giza regarding a case where a grandmother, her sister, and her niece are accused of murdering two infants by injecting them with chlorine. The defendants have denied the allegations.