Egypt’s Court of Cassation has overturned the death sentence pronounced against deposed President Mohammed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered a retrial.<br /><br /> Mursi was sentenced to death in June 2015 on charges of collusion with foreign militants to free Islamists in a mass jail break that occurred during the country’s 2011 uprising.<br /><br /> In 2012 he became the first president to be democratically elected after the uprising, but, following mass protests against his rule, was overthrown by General-turned-President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after serving just one of his four years of office.<br /><br /> Mursi was arrested immediately after his overthrow and received lengthy jail sentences relating to a number of charges, including two high-profile espionage cases.<br /><br /> The verdict of the Egyptian court means that Mursi will no longer face execution. Five other members of the Muslim Brotherhood have also been spared.<br />
