Egyptian court annuls ex-President Morsi's life sentence, orders retrial

Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Tuesday annulled one of two life sentences handed down against the former president Mohamed Morsi after his removal in 2013 by the army.
The court also called for a retrial in the case that revolves around allegations that Morsi was engaged in espionage activities for Palestinian movement, Hamas, AFP news agency reports.
A judicial source and a lawyer of Mr. Morsi told
AFP that the court also canceled the death sentences handed down to other senior officials of the Muslim Brotherhood. Morsi rose to the presidency on the ticket of the Brotherhood’s political party, the Freedom and Justice Party.

... the verdict was vitiated by legal defects.

According to lawyer Abdel Maqsoud, “the verdict was vitiated by legal defects”. Morsi has also been accused tried for spying for Lebanese group Hezbollah, and Iran.
Morsi, the successor of long serving Hosni Mubarak, and his supporters have been the target of a crackdown since he was toppled in July 2013 by former army chief and now democratically elected President, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi.