| Since the article doesn’t say, I assume this is only a preliminary sentence, subject to several levels —and no doubt years — of appeals before final sentence is rendered. |
Abdullah Shehata was an economic advisor to the Moslem Brüderbund-affiliated president, who was democratically elected in 2012 following the overthrow of longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak
...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011...
The next year, Morsi was toppled by the army amid mass protests against his rule.
Shehata and the 13 others sentenced to life terms were accused of weapons possession, belonging to an illegal group, and "violating citizens’ freedoms."
The prosecution accused them of creating "special cells" to receive training in how to make sound bombs, the state-run al-Ahram daily reported.
They were planning to cause "a state of instability in the country" by targeting essential infrastructure, including electrical transformers, it said.
Six other people were sentenced to 15 years in prison and another to 10 years over the same case, according to state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
Morsi’s military ouster, led by current President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, was followed by a violent crackdown against the Moslem Brüderbund, which was outlawed.
Morsi, 66, has been sentenced to a total of 45 years in prison over two cases: inciting violence against protesters in late 2012 and spying for Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...