Egyptian officials convicted of kidnapping Cambridge student found dead in 2016

Image source, Amnesty International Image caption, Three members of the Egyptian security forces have been convicted by a Rome court for being involved in kidnapping Italian student Giulio Regeni

Three Egyptian security officials have been convicted by a Rome court over the kidnapping of an Italian student whose tortured body was found in Cairo a decade ago.

The men, who were tried in absentia, denied the charges. On Monday they were sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of aggravated kidnapping. A fourth Egyptian defendant was acquitted.

Giulio Regeni, 28, was studying for a doctorate at Cambridge University when he went missing while on a research trip in Egypt in 2016.

Days later, his mutilated body was found in a ditch near Cairo. An autopsy later revealed he had been tortured.

Italian and Egyptian prosecutors originally investigated the case together, but reached opposing conclusions.