Court Upholds Three-Year Jail Sentence for Former Modern Sport Player Joseph Jonathan

The New Cairo Misdemeanor Appeals Court has upheld a three-year prison sentence against former Modern Sport player Joseph Jonathan in a case involving checks.

Jonathan had appealed the earlier ruling that sentenced him to three years in prison.

The court accepted his appeal on procedural grounds, but the sentence remained unchanged. Procedural acceptance allows an appeal to be considered and does not itself overturn a conviction or penalty.

The brief account of the ruling did not provide details about the checks involved or the grounds on which Jonathan challenged the original judgment.