An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced ousted President Mohamed Morsi to 20 year in jail on ‘violence-related’ charges.

Tuesday's verdict was the first against Morsi since his ouster and imprisonment by the army in mid-2013. Since then, he has been slapped with numerous ‘criminal’ charges, which he and his supporters insist are politically motivated.

Although a total of 11 people – including eight Morsi supporters – were killed in the violence, the trial only addresses the death of one reporter and two anti-Morsi demonstrators.

Morsi was ousted by the military in July of 2013 – after only one year in office – following protests against his presidency.

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Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi waves inside the defendant’s cage during an earlier court hearing at the police academy in Cairo, on December 7, 2014

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