Egypt Court To Rule İn Morsi 'Espionage' Case On May 15

CAIRO – An Egyptian court on Saturday set May 15 for a verdict on charges against ousted President Mohamed Morsi of spying for Palestinian movement Hamas, a judicial source has said.



The Cairo Criminal Court will rule in the case – involving Morsi and 35 others – of spying for Hamas on May 15, the source, who requested anonymity, told The Anadolu Agency.



Morsi and 35 co-defendants, including leading members of his Muslim Brotherhood group, face charges of "conspiring" with the Palestinian resistance group and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement to carry out "terrorist acts" inside Egypt.



Earlier this month, the court set April 21 for a ruling in another case, involving Morsi and 14 other co-defendants, all of whom stand accused of inciting the murder of demonstrators outside the presidential palace in eastern Cairo.



Morsi also stands trial – a long with 130 other Muslim Brotherhood members and leaders – on charges of breaking their jail cells during the 2011 uprising that brought the rule of longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak to an end.



Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected leader, was ousted by the military in July 2013 – after only one year in office – following mass protests against his presidency.



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