When confirmation of the conviction on appeal came through, Nessy Guerra was still in Egypt, where she has been living for some time and which she is not allowed to leave. The woman, an Italian citizen originally from Sanremo, is the mother of a three-year-old girl and has for months been at the centre of a legal saga combining criminal law, a family dispute and diplomatic tensions.
The ruling hands down six months in prison for adultery. An offence that no longer exists in Italy, but which is still prosecuted under the Egyptian system.
