Prominent Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah, an icon of the Egyptian revolution, was sentenced to five years in prison today for allegedly taking part in a protest and assaulting a policeman and stealing his walkie talkie.

According to Mada Masr, which quoted the state owned Ahram Gate website, they are accused of organizing an unauthorized protest outside the Shura Council in Cairo, attacking a police officer, stealing a walkie talkie, hooliganism, aggression against police officers, blocking the road, crowding a public place and destruction of public property.