Cairo criminal court sentenced on Monday Islamist Mamdouh Ismail in absentia to life in prison for his role in the violent events in Roed El-Farag in the aftermath of the dispersal of pro-Morsi sit-ins in the summer of 2013, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.
The court also issued a not guilty verdict for 14 others, and guilty sentences carrying from between three to ten years in jail for 79 other defndants.
Mamdouh Ismail is a leading member of the radical Islamist group Gamaa Islamiya.