An Egyptian criminal court in Cairo,
Egypt's capital has sentenced former
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to 20
years in prison over the killing of
protesters in 2012. The former
President's supporters attacked
opposition protesters outside the
presidential palace in December 2012,
sparking clashes that killed at least 10
people.
Delivering judgement today, Judge
Ahmed Youssef dropped the murder
charges against Morsi and said the
sentence was instead linked to the “show
of force” against protesters & unlawful
detentions. Morsi who is Egypt's first
freely elected president came into office
in 2011 after the overthrow of Hosni
Mubarak. He was ousted by the army in
2013.
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