Mahmoud Saeed was arrested as a minor while painting graffiti on the wall in the Dakhla area of Alexandria on December 13, 2013. He was presented to the prosecution under case No. 571 for the year 2014, Minor’s misdemeanours. He was detained pending investigations. He was sentenced in absentia on 26 November 2014 to 5 years in prison and a fine of 50,000 pounds.