article_snippet.sent: Chief executive Mike Coupe, 53, was convicted of embezzlement last September after former Sansbury's business partner Amr el-Nasharty accused The boss of supermarket Sainsbury of trying to illegally seize cheques.
article_snippet.sent: Mike Coupe, chief executive of Sainsbury's, has been sentenced to two years in an Egyptian jail after a former business partner of Sainsbury's supermarket claimed Mr Coupe tried to seize money from Mr Coupe .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Coupe was automatically convicted of the charge last September after 'failing to attend court hearings', though a spokesman for Sainsbury's said the business was not told these were taking place.
article_snippet.sent: a spokesman for Sainsbury's said the business was not told these were taking place added that Mr Coupe denies all the allegations against him, which they say has 'nothing to do with Mr Coupe.
article_snippet.sent: This relates to a historic commercial dispute in which Mike Coupe had no involvement. '
article_snippet.sent: Mike was not even employed by Sainsbury's at the time of the original business deal in 2001 which gave rise to these legal proceedings and has never met the complainant Mr el-Nasharty.
highlights_snippet.sent: Sainsbury's CEO Mike Coupe handed two year  
highlights_snippet.sent: Businessman Amr el-Nasharty  claims Sainsbury's CEO Mike Coupe tried to seize cheques from Businessman Amr el-Nasharty  last July .
  