Ashley Ogle

Court sentences Egyptian director Mohamed Sami to two months in prison

A court has sentenced Egyptian director Mohamed Sami to two months in prison over assaulting the manager of a car maintenance center, the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Saturday. The Sheikh Zayed Misdemeanor Court in Giza ruled to imprison Sami following a brawl which occurred because “the director accused the workers at the center of damaging his car.” The court also ruled to fine the manager of the maintenance center LE5,000. A fistfight broke out between Sami and the manager of a car maintenance center in Sheikh Zayed, after the director accused workers of damaging his car, which was estimated to be worth LE10 million (about US$200,000).