Ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi was handed a life sentence by an Egyptian court on 18 June.

The sentence signals the end of the espionage trial that also saw other defendants accused of passing documents to Qatar in 2013.

Mursi’s lawyer has said he was acquitted of spying in this case, but convicted of leading an illegal organisation.

The former president, who was ousted by Egypt’s armed forces in 2013, has already been given a life sentence and condemned to death in separate court cases last year, although no developments on the date of his hanging have been revealed by authorities.

Mursi has also been accused of spying for Palestinian militant group Hamas, Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah and Iran.

In April 2015, Mursi was sentenced to 20 years in prison over the death of protesters in 2012.

The leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie, was also sentenced to death last year. Hundreds of other death sentences have been handed out to Brotherhood supporters since Mursi was removed from office.

Rights groups have criticised Egypt’s judiciary over mass sentences handed to supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and other liberal activists over the past two years.

The Muslim Brotherhood is regarded as a terrorist organisation by the Egyptian authorities.