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Egypt court quashes Morsi life sentence Egypt court quashes Morsi life sentence
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Egypt court quashes life sentence on deposed President Morsi on charges of spying with foreign organisations Egypt's highest appeal court has overturned a life sentence handed down to ousted President Mohammed Morsi.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. The Court of Cassation ordered that the 65-year-old be retried on the charge of conspiring to commit terrorist acts with foreign organisations.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Last week, the court quashed a death sentence handed to Morsi in a separate case revolving around a mass prison break during the 2011 revolution.
But he is still serving lengthy sentences related to two other cases.
Morsi was elected president in 2012 but was removed by the military a year later after protests against his rule.