An Egyptian appeals court on Wednesday overturned death sentences of 33 alleged Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and ordered a retrial, state media and their lawyer said. A lower court in June condemned to death 183 Islamists, including the 33, for the alleged murder of two policemen and attempted murder of five others in the southern province of Minya on August 14, 2013. On Tuesday, the court of Cassation overturned the death sentences of the 33 Islamists and life terms of three others, and ordered their retrial, the official MENA news agency and defence lawyer Mohammed Tosson said. The 36 defendants were in custody and had appealed against the lower court's verdict, said Ossama El-Helw, a**ther defence lawyer.
02-14-2015, 09:34 AM
Egypt court overturns death sentences of 33 Islamists
An Egyptian appeals court on Wednesday overturned death sentences of 33 alleged Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and ordered a retrial, state media and their lawyer said. A lower court in June condemned to death 183 Islamists, including the 33, for the alleged murder of two policemen and attempted murder of five others in the southern province of Minya on August 14, 2013. On Tuesday, the court of Cassation overturned the death sentences of the 33 Islamists and life terms of three others, and ordered their retrial, the official MENA news agency and defence lawyer Mohammed Tosson said. The 36 defendants were in custody and had appealed against the lower court's verdict, said Ossama El-Helw, a**ther defence lawyer.
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