Egypt court convicts 6 of killing Frenchman in 2013

Cairo: Egypt’s official media says a Cairo court has convicted six men of manslaughter and sentenced them to seven years in prison for beating a French man to death while in police custody in 2013.

Egypt’s official MENA news agency says the verdict was issued on Sunday.

Egyptian officials at the time said Eric Lang was killed by cellmates while in detention at a central Cairo police station. They said the Frenchman was drunk when he was arrested on the streets of the upscale Cairo neighbourhood of Zamalek.

Authorities said he was detained during a military-imposed night-time curfew.