Saturday
July 21, 2012
July 21, 2012
Africa
By AFP
Posted Saturday, July 21 2012 at 16:09
Posted Saturday, July 21 2012 at 16:09
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced Ali Wanis, a
Muslim cleric and ex-lawmaker, to 18 months in prison after he was found
guilty of committing an "indecent act" in a car with a female
university student.
Wanis, however, can avoid jail by paying 1,500 Egyptian pounds ($250) in bail as the case goes to an appeal court.
Wanis had won his seat in parliament through an
ultraconservative Salafi coalition and was caught performing a sexual
act with the woman in a car, the official MENA news agency reported.
He was sentenced for a year on charges of
committing an indecent act and six months for assaulting policemen. The
woman too was sentenced to six months, and can also avoid prison by
posting bail.
Wanis, who had denied the accusations, was referred
to trial after the constitutional court dissolved the
Islamist-dominated parliament in June.
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