A judge, who was accused of acquiring a sexual favour from a defendant in return for not ruling against her, said the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has not taken any disciplinary action against him, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram reported.
Judge RA, Head of the Misdemeanour Cassation Court in Nasr City, denied the accusation and told Al-Ahram: “The sexual favour is a systematic Muslim Brotherhood plot as I previously acquitted TV anchor Ahmed Moussa in four cases.”
However, after the general prosecution filed a case against the Judge, he reportedly submitted a resignation from the SJC in return for the dropping of the case.
The judge refused to provide further details on the case, but told Al-Ahram that he will return from his vacation and resume work on Tuesday.
TV anchor Moussa is known for his hostility towards the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood group. In June, the Nasr City Appeals Court, presided over by the defendant, had acquitted Moussa of slander charges against several public figures. The Appeals Court accepted his appeal to a previously issued two-year jail sentence.
Following the 30 June uprisings in 2013, which saw the Muslim Brotherhood’s ouster and its ban in December of the same year, the Egyptian authorities and government bombarded the group with many shortcomings, whether in politics, public services or maintaining security.
