Trial of Safwat el-Sherif, 2 sons postponed to June 24

Cairo Criminal Court adjourned on Thursday the trial of former Shura Council speaker Safwat el Sherif and his two sons, Ashraf (released) and Ehab (fugitive), to June 24 over profiteering and power abuse charges.
The court delayed the session to give a panel of experts tasked with studying the case papers more time to submit its final report.
According to investigations by the Illicit Gain Authority (IGA), Sherif, once secretary general for the now-dissolved National Democratic Party, has earned an ill-gotten fortune of 300 million pounds, abusing the posts he held during the rule of former president Hosni Mubarak.
He bought vacant plots, agricultural lands, villas and apartments in several areas nationwide, most of which were state-owned, at low prices.
The IGA had asked the court to include Sherif’s wife, Eqbal and daughter, Eman, in the case and oblige them all to repay 600 million pounds to the State.