10 years in prison for “Youssef Boutros Ghali” for “metal paintings”

The Cairo Criminal Court ruled, in absentia, that former Finance Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali was sentenced to 10 years in prison for retrial proceedings in the case known in the media as metal plates.

The judgment was issued under the leadership of counselor Hamada Muhammad Shukri and the membership of counselors Nasser Sadiq Barbari, Osama Muhammad and the secretariat of Yasser Abdel Ati and Abdel Masih Phil.

Dr. Samir El-Hinnawy was a “precious” defense in the first session of his trial, he presented a special power of attorney for the benefit of his agency to defend the defendant, and it was placed in the case file, but the court did not. . take it, and ordered in the second session the arrest and transfer of the accused and notify the Public Ministry of the execution.

During the hearing of the case, “Al-Hinnawi” asked the court to treat “Ghali” in a similar way to that of the fourth defendant in the case, Helmut Gengbelt, a “German”, and a representative of the company supplying metal plates. for automobiles. , who was tried by special power of attorney and a sentence was handed down on January 23, 2017 of his innocence.

The court had previously issued a default verdict against “Ghali” on July 12, 2011, punishing him with 10 years in prison. It also ruled to punish Ahmed Nazif, the former prime minister, with one year of conditional prison, and five years in prison for Major General Habib Al-Adly, a former interior minister. The German defendant Helmut Gingbelth, legal representative of the German company (Ouch), was suspended for a year in absentia, and “Nazif” and “Al-Adli” appealed the verdict, and was tried again and obtained acquittal. ” Fourth defendant, “Gingleth”, was also tried again and the court found his innocence in 2017.