The
proverbial long arm of the law has finally caught up with former
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi as an Egyptian court has sentenced him
to 20 years in prison in connection with the deaths of protesters
during demonstrations against his rule in 2012.
The ruling is the first judgement of three cases brought against the
former President who incited his supporters to attack opposition
protesters outside the presidential palace in December 2012, sparking
clashes that killed at least 10 people.
Morsi, who was charged with murder at first got a brief ray of hope
as the presiding judge, Ahmed Youssef, dropped the charges on the
grounds that the sentence was instead linked to the “show of force”
against protesters and unlawful detentions.
The Cairo Criminal Court issued the verdict as Morsi and other
defendants in the case – mostly other Muslim Brotherhood leaders – stood
in a soundproof glass cage in a makeshift courtroom at Egypt’s national
police academy. READ MORE HERE
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