Appeals court hears 'fake judge's' appeal against 10-year fraud sentence

Egypt's Ain Shams appeals court is hearing on Thursday the appeal of a man sentenced to 10 years for impersonating a judge and defrauding citizens.

• The Ain Shams Misdemeanor Appeals Court considered the defendant's appeal against his first-instance 10-year sentence for impersonation and fraud.
• The Public Prosecution said officers arrested the first suspect and found a firearm, ammunition, a judicial sash and two mobile phones in his possession.
• The suspect confessed to impersonating a judge and defrauding citizens by claiming he could finalize housing allocation procedures, and to filming inside a courthouse wearing the judicial sash.
• A second suspect confessed to filming and publishing the videos while claiming to be a judge on social media.