An Egyptian appeals court Tuesday quashed one of two life sentences handed down to Mohamed Morsi since his 2013 overthrow, in the Islamist ex-president's second appeals victory in a week. The Court of Cassation, Egypt's highest appeals court, issued the verdict, Morsi's lawyer and a judicial official told AFP. The court ordered a retrial in the case, Morsi's lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maqsoud told AFP, adding: "The verdict was full of legal flaws."
The ruling also quashed sentences against 22 others, including three death sentences against Muslim Brotherhood's deputy head Khairat al-Shater and other senior officials from the now banned group.