The Egyptian Public Prosecution referred on Saturday five defendants to trial at the competent juvenile, misdemeanor and criminal courts over assaulting a police officer at Cairo’s Maadi area – amid other felonies. Police apprehended the boy the day after the video went viral, as public anger mounted over his entitlement and disregard for the law. The Public Prosecution’s statement on Saturday charged the defendants with attaining narcotics with the intent to abuse, insulting a policeman, assaulting him and violating family principles in Egyptian society. The prosecution also referred the owner of the aforementioned car to the competent misdemeanor court as punishment for enabling the other defendants. The additional video and mild punishment the boy received from authorities further enraged social media users.

Source: Egypt Independent December 05, 2020 15:33 UTC