The court had in June recommended passing the death penalty to Egypt’s top religious authority, the Grand Mufti, who can approve or reject the recommendation
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Prosecutors on Sunday ordered that Mahmoud Hussein be jailed for 15 days pending further investigations on charges of spreading false news
The decision was made by the Cairo Criminal Court, which announced two separate jail terms of 25 years and 15 years against Morsi on different counts
The accused were charge in August 2013 after the army’s removal of President Mohammed Morsi
Morsi’s supporters have described the charges against him as “farcical”
Their first hearing on February 23 was also postponed – also because witnesses did not show up in court