Three journalists with the TV channel Al Jazeera have been sentenced to three years in prison by a Egyptian court.<br /><br /> The verdict in their retrial on Saturday sparked shock on the public benches.<br /><br /> The case has triggered an international outcry since the trio were originally sentenced to between seven to 10 years in jail on charges including spreading lies to help a terrorist organisation, a reference to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.<br /><br /> Now they have been sentenced in Cairo for operating without a press license. <br /><br /> Judge Hassan Farid said the defendants, dubbed the “Marriott Cell” by the local press because they worked out of a hotel belonging to that chain, “are not journalists and not members of the press syndicate” and broadcast with unlicensed equipment.<br /><br /> The trio denied all charges.<br /><br /> One of them, Australian Peter Greste, was not present, having been deported in February. <br /><br /> He took to Twitter to expressed his dismay at the verdict.<br /><br /> Shocked. Outraged. Angry. Upset. None of the
