Morsi prison break retrial postponed to June 23

CAIRO – 15 June 2017: Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the retrial of former President Mohamed Morsi and 26 members of the Muslim Brotherhood group over a prison break case to June 23.

The defendants are accused of killing officers and damaging public facilities during 25 January 2011 and escaping prison.

In June 2015, Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Morsi and 26 other Brotherhood members to death over the same case.

The former president came to power in June 2012, only to be deposed following mass protests against his rule a year later.