An Egyptian court has sentenced former
President Mohammed Morsi to 20 years in jail
for ordering the arrest and torture of
protesters during his rule.
It is the first verdict he has received since his
ousting and is one of several trials he faces.
Morsi was deposed by the army in July 2013
following mass street protests against his rule.
Since then, the authorities have banned his
Muslim Brotherhood movement and arrested
thousands of his supporters.
Morsi and 14 other Brotherhood figures escaped
a more serious charge of inciting the killing of
protesters, which could have carried the death
sentence.
Most of the other defendants were also given 20-
year prison sentences. Morsi's legal team have
said they will appeal.
This verdict is just one of Mr Morsi faces. They
include:
*Colluding with foreign militants in a plot to
free Islamists in mass prison breaks during
the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak
*Espionage and conspiring to commit
terrorist acts in Egypt with the Palestinian
movement Hamas, Lebanon's Hezbollah
and Iran's Revolutionary Guards
*Endangering national security by leaking
state secrets and sensitive documents to
Qatar via the Doha-based Al Jazeera network
source:: m.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32391891