CAIRO -- The Egyptian authorities at last have handed over the documents belonging to Giulio Regeni, the Cambridge student tortured to death in Cairo, to magistrates representing the Roman public prosecutor’s office during a meeting in the Egyptian capital this week, judicial sources said Wednesday.

 Regeni's passport, two university membership cards and bank card were delivered Tuesday to a delegation of magistrates headed by the Rome public prosecutor Sergio Colaiocco, over the course of a meeting in Cairo with the Egyptian general public prosecutor’s office.

 Through the meeting, according to La Stampa newspaper, both Italy and Egypt “renewed their commitment to continuing their fruitful collaboration, with the mutual intent of guaranteeing justice for the victim.” Despite the diplomatic language Italy in the past has accused Egypt of dragging its feet on the case amid widespread suspicion Regeni was tortured and killed by the Egyptian security services.

 The Cambridge student researcher disappeared on the evening of Jan. 25 last year. His body, later revealing signs of brutal torture, was found a week later.

 Regeni’s documents were recovered March 24 in the house of a relative of a man suspected by the Egyptian police to be a member of a criminal group, killed in conflict, and the purported leader of the kidnapping of Giulio Regeni.

 A further meeting shall be held December, when the Egyptian government are invited to Rome for another in-depth analysis of the case.

 The Egyptian prosecutor, Nabeel Sadek, promised Regeni's family his "commitment and willingness to discover those guilty of such a serious crime and bring them to justice."

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