Egypt court topples capital punishment against previous president Mursi

CAIRO: Egypt's Court of Cassation toppled on Tuesday a capital punishment against removed President Mohammed Mursi of the Muslim Fraternity and requested a retrial.

Mursi was sentenced to death in June 2015 regarding a mass escape amid the nation's 2011 uprising.

The principal president to be fairly chosen after the 2011 revolt, Mursi was ousted in mid-2013 by general-turned-president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi taking after mass challenges against his run the show.

Mursi, who was quickly captured after his toppled, has gotten long prison sentences identified with different charges, including two prominent undercover work cases. Tuesday's court administering implies he no longer confronts execution.