Italian court convicts three Egyptians over Regeni murder, acquits fourth

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An Italian court convicted three Egyptian security officials for their involvement in the 2016 kidnapping and murder of Giulio Regeni, sentencing each to 10 years in prison. A fourth defendant was acquitted; Regeni was a postgraduate student at the University of Cambridge who was found tortured to death in Cairo.

ROME, Sept 28 (Reuters) - An Italian court on Monday convicted three Egyptian security officials of involvement in the 2016 kidnapping and murder of student Giulio Regeni, and sentenced them to 10 years in jail. A fourth Egyptian defendant was acquitted. Regeni, a postgraduate student at Britain's Cambridge University, disappeared in the Egyptian capital on January25, 2016. His body was found almost a week later, with a post-mortem showing he had been extensively tortured before death. (Reporting by Crispian Balmer, editing by Alvise Armellini)