Hassan a no show, but bail not forfeited

He stands to lose two hundred thousand dollars in bail money, but that prospect did not stop Hassan El-Sayed from missing his date as a defendant in the Supreme Court. El-Sayed, charged with one hundred and seventeen counts of various forgery-related crimes connected to the passport scandal, failed to show this morning before Justice Adolph Lucas. His attorney, Edwin Flowers, explained his absence by saying that El-Sayed was involved in a traffic accident abroad. Justice Lucas, who could have ordered the bail confiscated, granted a short adjournment of the case until Friday. El-Sayed’s co-defendant, Gabby Affif, did appear as scheduled.