Source:
Ahram Online
Publication date:
Jun 16 2015
Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday, in a case related to charges of spying for Hamas.
The court also sentenced 17 defendants to life in prison, and 16 to death, including Muslim Brotherhood leaders Khairat El-Shater and Mohamed El-Beltagy.
According to Egypt's penal code, life sentences are 25 years.
In the espionage case, prosecutors charged Morsi and 35 other defendants with conspiring with foreign powers - including Hamas, Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iran's Revolutionary Guards - to destabilise Egypt.
The court is also expected to deliver its final verdict in Mohamed Morsi's jailbreak case on Tuesday.
Source: http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/132897/Egypt/Politics-/Oust...
