An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld ousted President Mohammad Morsi’s life sentence over charges of spying for Qatar, authorities said.
The Court of Cassation, Egypt’s highest appeals court, said the ruling against Morsi is final and cannot be appealed, official news agency MENA reported. life sentence in Egypt is 25 years in prison.
The court also upheld the death sentences against three prominent figures of Muslim Brotherhood over the same charges.
The defendants were accused of giving classified documents about the armed forces to Qatar that harm national security.
The documents allegedly contained secrets on ‘national security’, and were allegedly traded with the Qatari intelligence for a million dollars. The prosecution also accused the defendants of working for the ‘terrorist branded Muslim Brotherhood’ organisation, Xinhua news agency reported.