Cambridge student, 28, tortured to death after he was mistaken for a spy had legs, arms, seven ribs and every finger broken, severe burns and was slashed all over his body with a razor

Cambridge student, 28, tortured to death after he was mistaken for a spy had legs, arms, seven ribs and every finger broken, severe burns and was slashed all over his body with a razor 'by Egyptian security officers'

Giulio Regeni, 28, died after his neck was twisted or struck during an attack

He was allegedly taken by Egyptian security agents and tortured for four days

Regeni was undertaking a research project in Egypt in 2018 before he was killed

A Cambridge student who was tortured to death after being mistaken for a foreign spy in Cairo in 2016 had his bones broken and was slashed across his body with a razor by four Egyptian security officers, a court has heard.
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Giulio Regeni, 28, was beaten with sticks and suffered severe burns, the prosecution's medical consultant told during the trial against the Egyptian intelligence officers in Rome on Wednesday.

It was revealed the Italian student showed major signs of extreme torture including cuts and bruises from severe beatings and more than two dozen bone fractures - among them seven broken ribs, all fingers and toes, as well as legs, arms, and shoulder blades.
Regeni's body also had multiple stab wounds on the soles of his feet, slices in his skin made from a sharp object suspected to be a razor blade and several cigarette burns.
A larger burn mark was spotted between his shoulder blades - a chilling sign that the student was branded with a large, burning object.

Giulio Regeni, a postgraduate student at Cambridge University, (pictured) disappeared in the Egyptian capital in January 2016 at the age of 28. It has been revealed he suffered broken bones, severe burns and razor slashes across his body while being tortured to death

Regeni had been in Cairo to research Egypt's independent unions for his doctoral thesis

The autopsy revealed that mutilated Regini had also suffered a brain hemorrhage and a broken cervical vertebra after having his neck twisted or struck, which ultimately led to his death. 

Medical examiner Vittorio Fineschi, who conducted the autopsy on the Italian researcher said he found on the corpse 'almost all the tortures carried out in Egypt'.
Regeni, from Fiumicello, a town near Udine in northeastern Italy, was tortured so badly that his mother Paola Deffendi said she could only recognise him 'from the tip of his nose'. 
She added that 'all the evil in the world' was inflicted upon her son's body.  

Regeni was subjected to the horrific abuse at the hands of four Egyptian secret service agents who Italian prosecutors allege were involved in the killing, but have been unable to track them down to issue summons.
As a result, they are being tried in absentia. The second, and latest, trial took place in February - which Regeni's mother, father, and sister attended. 
The PhD student was on his way to see a friend when he left his flat near Behoos metro station in Cairo on January 25, 2016. 
Nine days later, his body was found naked from the waist down and dumped in a ditch near a desert highway between Cairo and Alexandria.