Key facts
- Three Egyptian security officials were convicted by an Italian court for the 2016 kidnapping and murder of Giulio Regeni.
- The convicted officials were sentenced to 10 years in jail.
- A fourth Egyptian defendant was acquitted.
- Giulio Regeni disappeared in Cairo on January 25, 2016.
- Regeni's body was found nearly a week later, showing signs of extensive torture.
An Italian court on Monday convicted three Egyptian security officials for their involvement in the 2016 kidnapping and murder of Giulio Regeni, a postgraduate student at Britain's Cambridge University. The court sentenced the three officials to 10 years in jail, while a fourth Egyptian defendant was acquitted.