Egypt

Trial of Morsy, others over jailbreak lawsuit to be resumed

North Cairo Criminal Court will resume on Monday trial of toppled President Mohamed Morsy and 130 other Muslim Brotherhood members over escaping prison during 2011 revolution.
 
Court is scheduled to resume hearing testimonies of prosecution witnesses.
 
The court earlier ordered medical examination on the suspect Rashad al -Bayyoumi and treatment of Essam al-Erian at his own expense.
 
Of the 131 suspects standing trial over the jailbreak lawsuit, 105 are fugitives, while 26 were remanded into custody. They face charges of breaking into 11 prisons, attacking police stations and attacking policemen during the 25 January revolution.
 
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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