Court-appointed lawyer for Egypt's Mursi says to appeal death sentence

Pro-Islamist demonstrators hold a poster of former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi during a rally in support of him in front of the Haghia Sophia museum at Sultanahmet square in Istanbul, Turkey, May 24, 2015. REUTERS/Yagiz Karahan/Files

CAIRO (Reuters) - The court-appointed lawyer for former President Mohamed Mursi told Reuters on Tuesday he would appeal against the death sentence that a court imposed on the former leader in the case related to a 2011 jail break. (Reporting by Mahmoud Mourad; Writing by Yara Bayoumy; Editing by Andrew Heavens)