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Egypt court upholds ousted president Morsi's 25-year in jail over spying for Qatar

Xinhua | Updated: 2017-09-16 19:05

CAIRO - An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld life sentence in prison against the ousted president Mohamed Morsi over charges of spying for Qatar, state-run Nile TV reported.

Life sentence in Egypt is 25 years in prison.

The Court of Cassation, Egypt's highest appeal court, said the ruling against Morsi is final and unappealable.

The same court upheld death sentence against three prominent figures of Muslim Brotherhood over the same charges.

The defendants were accused of sneaking classified documents about the armed forces that harm the national security to Qatar.

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