Egypt court jails ousted president Morsi for insulting judiciary

An Egyptian court has convicted former Islamist president Mohammed Morsi and 18 others of insulting the judiciary, sentencing them to three years in prison in a court session aired on TV.

The case in Cairo involved a total of 24 defendants, five of whom, including prominent rights activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah and political analyst Amr Hamzawy, were fined 30,000 Egyptian pounds each (€1,406).