Cairo: An Egyptian court said Saturday it will issue a verdict in May on ousted president Mohammad Mursi on espionage charges, one of three cases in which the Islamist leader has been tried since his overthrow more than a year ago.
The Cairo Criminal Court said the ruling will be announced on May 16 in the case that includes Mursi and 35 co-defendants mostly from his outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. They include the Islamist group’s head Mohammad Badie.
Sixteen of the accused are tried in absentia.
They are charged with spying for foreign agencies, leaking sensitive security information and financing terrorist acts in Egypt after the army toppled Mursi in mid-2013.
Another court is due on April 21 to deliver a verdict in a separate case in which Mursi is charged with inciting the murder of protesters when he was in power.
He is being tried in a third case allegedly for involvement in a mass prison escape during the 2011 uprising against his predecessor Hosni Mubarak.
Mursi has repeatedly denied the charges, insisting he is the legitimate president of the country.
