A final decision is expected to be given by Egypt’s top court on the fate of the country’s former president, Mohamed Mursi.<br /><br /> Last month, the death penalty was sought for Mursi and 106 of his Muslim Brotherhood in connection with a mass jail break in 2011. <br /><br /> The current president, and then army-chief, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi removed the former president following mass protests against his rule. <br /><br /> Tuesday’s verdict can be appealed. <br /><br /> Mursi and the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood movement won the country’s free presidential elections and broke a tradition of leaders from the armed forces dating back to the 1950s.<br /><br /> Despite the charges against him, Mursi appeared defiant in his last public appearance.<br /><br /> Sisi has said the Muslim Brotherhood poses a great threat to national security.<br /><br /> Meanwhile, the Egyptian government said on Monday that it had stopped a plot “by the Brotherhood terrorist organisation to collect intelligence information to carry out hostile attacks against state institutions.
