Egyptian convicted of spying for Israel dies in jail
An Egyptian engineer who was convicted in 2002 of spying for Israel has died in jail of a possible heart attack while serving a 15-year sentence, Egyptian security sources said on Monday. Sherif al-Filali, believed to be in his early 40s, had initially been found innocent of espionage in 2001, and his trial judge called him a true patriot because he turned himself in as soon as he realized he may have been involved in a crime. Full Story