Giza Criminal Court sentenced one convict to 14 years in prison, fined EGP 275 thousand, and placed him under security surveillance for 5 years, in the case publically known as "Egyptian Media Production City incidents", Al Bawaba News reported Monday. The court's decision followed the absence of the defendant at the first session of his retrial. The 23 defendants were sentenced to 10 years in prison, and 13 others were acquitted in July 2015, for torching police and private vehicles, attempting to kill policemen and citizens, and sabotaging the EMPC properties. In August 2013, Islamists staged an illegal sit-in in front of the EMPC, impeding broadcasters from airing their shows. Bloody protesters-police clashes erupted, resulting in injuries on both sides and damages to the media city.
