An Egyptian Court on Tuesday sentenced former Islamist president Mohammed Morsi to 20 years in prison over protester deaths in 2012.
Morsi, the country's first freely elected leader, was ousted by the military in July 2013 following street protests.
He was in a soundproof glassed-in cage in court as judge read out the verdict, which was broadcast live on state television.
The court cleared him of murder and weapon possession charges that could have seen him sentenced to death over the killings of a journalist and two protesters during clashes.
According to the Cairo Post, 12 other defendants, including Muslim Brotherhood leading figures Mohamed El-Beltagy and Essam El-Erian, and ex-presidential aides, also received twenty-year sentences on the same charges.
There are three other pending cases against Morsi on unlawfully leaving prison on Jan. 30, 2011, and divulging state secrets to Qatar and Hamas.
Since his arrest, Morsi has been held at a high security prison near the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.
The Muslim Brotherhood has been listed as a terror organization by Egyptian authorities.
