The Alexandria Criminal Court sentenced 16 defendants to five years' imprisonment. They included Hassan Al-Prince, former deputy governor of Alexandria and Sobhi Saleh, a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB).
The case dates back to July 3, 2013, when defendants promoted MB teachings both orally and in action, even though the MB is an outlawed terror organization in Egypt.
Another 16 defendants were also charged by prosecution for MB-linked crimes--15 of which were given a life sentence in absentia, with one receiving a 10-year imprisonment sentence.
Prosecution pressed charges of murder, vandalism, illicit gathering and disrupting public transportation and state institutions.
Defendants were accused of promoting the MB ideology and conspiring with group members.
Following MB teachings, obstructing justice, breaking the law, assaulting personal freedom of citizens, public rights and damaging national unity and social peace through terror-linked means are among the charges facing the defendants as well.
Meanwhile, the Cairo Criminal Court postponed the trial of 215 accused of forming armed groups to carry out hostile attacks against members of the police force.
The trial was pushed until upcoming October 24.
