Egypt court sentences Mursi to death in 2011 jail break case - state TV
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced former Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to death on Tuesday in a case related to a 2011 mass jail break. The court had sought the death penalty for Mursi in May and referred its recommendation to Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam, the country's most senior religious authority, a step required by law for death sentences. The general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, was also sentenced to death. The verdicts can be appealed. (Reporting by Mahmoud Mourad; Writing by Yara Bayoumy and Ahmed Aboulenein; Editing by Andrew Heavens)