No recent injuries were found on the body of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi, said Egypt\u2019s Attorney General Nabil Sadek in a statement on Monday. <\/p>\n
Immediately following Morsi was announced dead during his retrial in a case dubbed in media as \u201cEspionage with Hamas\u201d, the General Prosecution has dispatched a team of prosecutors to examine the dead body of, the statement said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Public Prosecution was notified of the death of Morsi al-Ayaat while he was attending a trial session in the case No. 56458 of 2013 at the first Nasr City criminal court,\u201d the statement said, adding \u201cDuring the trial and after the defense lawyer of the first and second defendants ended his argument, Morsi asked to speak and he was allowed for five minutes by the court. After he spoke, the court stopped the session for deliberation,\u201d the statement continued. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhile the defendants and Morsi were at the cage, he fainted and fell on the ground; he was immediately transported to the hospital and then he was found dead,\u201d the statement said. <\/p>\n
According the initial medical report, he was pronounced dead at 4:50 PM, the statement said, saying \u201cNo recent injuries were found on the body of the deceased.\u201d Morsi died at age of 67. <\/p>\n
As per the Attorney-General\u2019s order, surveillance cameras in the courtroom were impounded. Also, the medical report of Morsi\u2019s condition was impounded. <\/p>\n
A high committee of forensic physicians was tasked to examine the body to prepare a forensic report on the causes of death for the burial permit, the statement said. <\/p>\n
Since 2013, Morsi was being prosecuted in custody as he was facing several charges, including espionage, killing protesters, prison escape, and judiciary insult. <\/p>\n
In 2015, Morsi was sentenced to death in the jailbreak lawsuit. A year later, the sentence was cancelled by the Court of Cassation. In 2017, Morsi was handed three years in prison for judiciary insult. <\/p>\n
In 2016, Morsi was given a life sentence in an espionage lawsuit as he was charged of spying for Qatar. A year later, the sentence was upheld by the Court of Cassation. <\/p>\n
Morsi was also serving a final 20-year prison sentence for killing protesters. <\/p>\n
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