Worker Sentenced to Three Years for Armed Robbery in Sohag

Sohag Criminal Court sentenced a worker to three years in rigorous imprisonment this evening for robbing a person at gunpoint on a public road.

The defendant was identified only by the Arabic initials “ع.ا.ع”. The case concerned a robbery within the jurisdiction of Sohag’s Second Police Station.

According to the charge, the defendant used the threat of a weapon to force the victim to surrender property. The supplied account did not specify what was stolen.

No further details were provided about the victim, the circumstances of the arrest or whether the sentence would be appealed.