Egypt's Prime Minister Hisham Kandil speaks during a news conference with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheik Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (not pictured) at Diwam Emir in Doha, in this April 10, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Stringer
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Monday upheld a one-year prison sentence against former Prime Minister Hisham Kandil, who headed the government of deposed President Mohamed Mursi.
Kandil was sentenced in April, before Mursi's July 3 downfall, for failing to implement a court ruling to renationalise a textile company sold off by the administration of autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Judge Khaled Hassan said the prison sentence must now be carried out.
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