CAIRO — An Egyptian appeals court has sentenced the
president of
Zamalek football club to a month in prison for insulting the
president of bitter rivals Al-Ahly, a judicial source told AFP on Wednesday.
اضافة اعلان
Al-Ahly and Zamalek, the country’s two biggest
clubs and among the continent’s most successful, are historic rivals whose fans
regularly clash after matches.
The 70-year-old Zamalek boss, Mortada Mansour,
was initially sentenced to one year in prison for insulting Mahmoud Al-Khatib,
president of
Al-Ahly and a former star player, and his family in a video posted
on social networks and on Zamalek’s club channel.
On Wednesday, Mansour’s sentence was reduced
to one month in prison and a fine of 10,000 Egyptian pounds (500 euros).
A former magistrate and member of parliament,
Mansour is regularly in the news. He has had a long-running battle with Al-Ahly
and has physically attacked his counterparts.
His parliamentary immunity had for a while
enabled him to avoid legal proceedings after complaints of insults and
defamation.
In 2007, he was sentenced to three years in jail by a
criminal court in Cairo for “insulting” court officials and leveling
accusations of corruption against them.
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