A final sentencing for espionage charges faced by ousted Egyptian President and Brotherhood member, Mohamed Morsi, is scheduled for May 16. (AFP/File)

by Al Bawaba

An Egyptian count has sentenced 14 Muslim Brotherhood members to death, including the organization”s leader, Mohammad Badie, Reuters reported from a judge’s televised session Saturday.

The sentences were handed down over charges of inciiting violence and chaos, according to the judge, and can be appealed only by a the highest civilian court.

Among the Brotherhood members sentenced is Islamist preacher Salah Soltan, whose son, US-Egyptian citizen Mohamed Soltan, was also handed a life imprisonment sentence for transmiting false news and supporting the shunned Islamist group.

Egypt has imprisoned scores of Muslim Brotherhood affiliates since the the 2013 ousting of newly-elected Egyptian President, Mohamed Morsi, who belonged to the party.

Morsi’s own trial, where he faces charges of estionage, will take place on May 16.