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Egypt court sentences ex-President Mursi, 19 others to three years in jail for insulting judiciary

The court sentenced Mursi and 19 others to three years in prison on charges of insulting the judiciary. [Photo: Courtesy]

A Cairo criminal court sentenced former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and 19 others to three years in prison on Saturday, and fined him 2 million Egyptian pounds ($112,700) on charges of insulting the judiciary.

Others tried by the court in the same case including leading Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and lawmaker and television presenter Tawfik Okasha were instead given fines ranging from 30,000 to 1 million Egyptian pounds.

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