Italian judge is asked to put Egyptian officers on trial over Giulio Regeni death

Case of student whose body was found in Cairo in 2016 finally reaches courtroom

Italian prosecutors have asked a judge to put four senior members of Egypt's powerful security services on trial over their suspected role in the disappearance and murder of Giulio Regeni in Cairo in 2016, as the case finally reached a courtroom five years after his death.

The 28-year-old doctoral student went missing in Cairo on 25 January 2016 while researching Egypt's unions. His body was discovered on an outlying Cairo highway nine days later, displaying signs of extreme torture and abuse.