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| Egypt's ex-leader Mohammed Morsi gets life for spying | |
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| Egypt's ex-President Mohammed Morsi has been sentenced to life in prison for espionage by an Egyptian court. | |
| He was accused of spying on behalf of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, Lebanese militants Hezbollah and Iran. | |
| The court is yet to decide on whether to uphold death sentences given to the former leader and 100 others over a mass prison break in 2011. | |
| Morsi's supporters have described the charges against him as "farcical". | |
| He was deposed in July 2013 following mass street protests against his rule and is already serving a 20-year jail term for ordering the arrest and torture of demonstrators. | |
| The judge said on Tuesday that the Muslim Brotherhood "collaborated with Palestinian Hamas to infiltrate Egypt's eastern borders and attack prisons", state TV reported. | |
| Morsi was given life, while 16 other Muslim Brotherhood members - including leader Khairat al-Shater - were sentenced to death on charges of delivering secret documents abroad between 2005 and 2013. | |
| In Egypt, a life sentence is 25 years in jail. | |
| A final ruling on his death sentence for the 2011 prison break is expected after a court recess. It has been awaiting the opinion of Egypt's highest religious figure, the Grand Mufti. |