An Egyptian criminal court on Tuesday April 21,2015 sentenced ousted President
Mohammed Morsy to 20 years in prison over the killing of protesters in
2012.
The Cairo Criminal Court issued the verdict as Morsy and other
defendants in the case mostly Muslim Brotherhood leaders stood in a
soundproof glass cage inside a makeshift courtroom at Egypt’s national
police academy.
The case stems from violence outside the presidential palace in December
2012. Morsy’s supporters attacked opposition protesters, sparking
clashes that killed at least 10 people.
Judge Ahmed Youssef dropped murder charges and said the sentence was
linked to the “show of force” and unlawful detention associated with the
case.
In addition to Morsy, 12 Brotherhood leaders and supporters, including
Mohammed el-Beltagy and Essam el-Erian, also were sentenced to 20 years
in prison.
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