Regeni: trial for Egyptian 007 starts tomorrow

   The trial of the four Egyptian 007s accused of the kidnapping and murder of Giulio Regeni, the Italian researcher who died in Egypt in February 2016, opens tomorrow. the absence in the courtroom of the accused: General Sabir Tariq, Colonels Usham Helmi, Athar Kamel Mohamed Ibrahim, and Magdi Ibrahim Abdelal Sharif. The judges will have to assess, as already done by the GUP in the preliminary hearing, if the removal of the accused from the proceedings was voluntary. In this sense the trial can go ahead with the four in absentia, otherwise the judges could ask for a suspension of the proceedings. The Gup, on this point, had stated in deciding for the indictment that "the widespread and extraordinary media coverage has raised the news of the pending trial to a well-known fact ". of Foreign Affairs and the undersecretaries with the delegation to the secret services, as anticipated by some newspapers. The Rome Public Prosecutor disputes the crimes of multiple kidnapping against the defendants, and the prosecutors also contest the concurrence in personal injury against a defendant aggravated and complicity in aggravated murder.also the presidents of the council who have followed one another in Italy since 2016, as well as foreign ministers and undersecretaries with delegation to the secret services, as anticipated by some newspapers. Against the accused, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Rome disputes the crimes of multiple kidnapping, and the prosecutors also contest the involvement in aggravated personal injury and the complicity in aggravated murder against a defendant.also the presidents of the council who have followed one another in Italy since 2016, as well as foreign ministers and undersecretaries with delegation to the secret services, as anticipated by some newspapers. Against the accused, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Rome disputes the crimes of multiple kidnapping, and the prosecutors also contest the involvement in aggravated personal injury and the complicity in aggravated murder against a defendant.