A Cairo court has upheld death sentences for toppled president, Mohamed Mursi and other leaders within the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement.<br /><br /> They relate to a mass jailbreak in 2011. Sentencing was initially passed in May 2015, then later confirmed following a consultation with the Grand Mufti, Egypt’s most senior religious figure.<br /><br /> In total 106 people were tried in connection with the jailbreak.<br /><br /> The movement’s supreme guide Mohammed Badie was among the group sentenced.<br /><br /> They are allowed to appeal, political analyst Ayman Samir explained:<br /><br /> “These are the verdicts of the court of first instance. Both ousted president Mohamed Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood may appeal against them, by following two legal procedures.”<br /><br /> A lawyer for the Brotherhood says they will appeal the sentences.<br /><br /> In a separate case, the same court sentenced Mursi to life in prison (25 years) for charges relating to espionage with foreign powers, including the Palestinian group Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah
