Breaking News: Former President of Egypt, Mohammed Morsi, Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison.

An Egyptian court has sentenced former president of Egypt, Mohammed Morsi to 20 years in prison on Tuesday.

This is in connection with the deaths of protesters during demonstrations against his rule in 2012.

Morsi also faces charges in two other trials.

The Cairo Criminal Court issued the verdict as Morsi and other defendants in the case – mostly other Muslim Brotherhood leaders – stood in a soundproof glass cage in a makeshift courtroom at Egypt’s national police academy.

The Muslim Brotherhood issued a statement ahead of the verdict on Tuesday denouncing the judiciary – calling it a tool of repression – and calling for protests.

Morsi took power after the 2011 overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. Morsi himself was ousted by the army in 2013 and put on trial as the new regime of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi launched a relentless crackdown on the moderate Islamist Muslim Brotherhood.

 Morsi also faces the possible death penalty in connection with two other trials, including one in which he is accused of leaking state secrets to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

He is also accused of escaping from prison during the widespread protests that eventually ousted Mubarak.

Separate verdicts in those two cases are due on May 16.