Type: misdemeanor
Case no.: no. 12106 year 2012 Helwan Misdemeanors
case year: 2012
Adverse: Public Prosecution
Representation: accusation authority
notes: the defendants were accused of publishing false news to defame the presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq
First Verdict
Date: 4 \ 7 \ 2012
Judges: Mohamed Desouki – president
Court: Helwan
Department: …..
- of defendants: 55
| Defendant name | Verdict | Crime | Attending – in absentia | |
| Ashraf Nabil Awad Ahmed | Six months imprisonment with suspension of the penalty for three years and fining him with 200 L.E. | Possession of imaging equipment without a license
and Spreading false news that would disturb the public peace and harm the public interest |
Attending | |
| Ahmed Helmi Abdul Samad Abdullah | Six months imprisonment with suspension of the penalty for three years and fining him with 200 L.E. | Through the first defendant published false news | Attending | |
| Mohamed Younis Abdul Hafiz Mahmoud | six months imprisonment with fining him of 200 L.E. and a bail of 1000 L.E. for penalty suspension and confiscation of equipments | Through the first defendant published false news | In absentia | |
| Seif al Islam Abdul Fattah Hamad | six months imprisonment with fining him of 200 L.E. and a bail of 1000 L.E. for penalty suspension and confiscation of equipments | Through the first defendant published false news | In absentia | |
| Abdullah Hassan Moselhi al Sayed | Acquittal | Through the first defendant published false news – helping the third and fourth defendants to escape | Attending |
First Verdict text:
the court ruled in attendance of defendants no. 1, 2 and 5 and in absentia of defendants no. 3 and 4
first: to punish the first and second defendants with six months imprisonment with fining each of them 200 L.E. and ordered to suspend the penalty for 3 years starting from the issuance date of the verdict obliging them to pay the criminal expenses.
Second: to punish the third and fourth with six months imprisonment fining each of them with 200 L.E. and a bail of 1000 L.E. for temporary penalty suspension obliging them to pay expenses and confiscation of the seized equipments.
Third: the acquittal of the second defendant and referring the two civil suits to the competent court.
