Regeni murder case referred to Constitutional Court

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 31 - A Rome judge on Wednesday upheld a request from prosecutors to refer the case of the torture and murder of Giulio Regeni to the Constitutional Court.
    The top court has been asked to rule on whether the trial can proceed without the four Egyptian security agents who have been charged with the murder and without any proof that they know they are on trial Efforts to notify the four officers - National Security General Tariq Sabir and his subordinates, Colonels Athar Kamel Mohamed Ibrahim and Uhsam Helmi, and Major Magdi Ibrahim Abdelal Sharif - have been unsuccessful and Egypt has not cooperated by handing over their contact details and legal abodes.
    Regeni, a 28-year-old Friuli born Cambridge University doctoral researcher, was tortured to death in the Egypt in 2016.
    His work on Egyptian trade unions was politically sensitive and his body was so badly mutilated his mother only recognised him by the tip of his nose. (ANSA).