Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail looks on from the defendant cage during his trial in Cairo December 19, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced a hardline Islamist former presidential hopeful to one year in prison on Saturday for insulting the court, state news agency MENA reported.
Salafist preacher Hazem Salah Abu Ismail is on trial for fraud in a case related to presidential elections in 2012 which brought the now ousted President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood to power.
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