Mohamed Morsi Sentence To Twenty Years

Overthrown Mohamed Morsi, the former Egyptian president was sentenced to twenty years in prison over the deaths of many of his citizen protesters.

The killing happened in 2012, decision against the Muslim Brotherhood leader, who was removed from power by the army in 2013 after protests against his presidency, was broadcast on state TV.

The conviction relates to the deaths of at least 10 people in clashes between Morsi's supporters and opposition demonstrators outside the presidential palace in December 2012.

The judge dropped all murder charges in relation to the deaths and said the sentence against the country's first elected president was linked to the "show of force" and the unlawful detention of protesters.  

Twelve other Muslim Brotherhood officials were also jailed for 12 years at the Cairo Criminal Court, which is sitting in a makeshift courtroom at Egypt's national police academy.

The defendants stood inside a soundproof glass cage as the verdicts were read out.

The verdict was the first to be issued against Morsi, who still faces several other trials. 

Senior Muslim Brotherhood figure Amr Darrag has described the ruling as a travesty of justice, "scripted and controlled by government".

He accused authorities of trying to "pass a life sentence for democracy in Egypt".