CAIRO, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian court upheld on Thursday a ruling handing a nephew of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi a five-year jail term over committing acts of violence, riot and sabotage in response to Morsi's removal in mid-2013, official MENA news agency reported.
The Court of Cassation's ruling involves three convicts including Morsi's nephew, Mohamed Saeed Mohamed Morsi, who has been charged with committing violence against peaceful citizens and storming a college inside Zagazig University in Sharqiya province, north of the capital Cairo, following Morsi's ouster.
The verdict is final as it comes after an appeal against a similar one issued by Zagazig Criminal Court.
Last week, a misdemeanors court in Zagazig sentenced Morsi's son Osama, a lawyer, to three years in prison over his illegal possession of two penknives in his handbag. The verdict is still appealable.
Morsi's youngest son Abdullah was sentenced in 2014 to one year in jail after being convicted of possessing hashish cigarettes.
The former Islamist president was removed by the military in early July 2013 in response to mass protests against his one-year rule and his now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group.
Most Brotherhood leaders, including Morsi and the group's top chief Mohamed Badie, are currently in custody and many of them received appealable death sentences and life imprisonments over various charges varying from inciting violence and murder to espionage and jailbreak.
Morsi is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence over inciting deadly clashes between his supporters and opponents in late 2012 and a 25-year jail term over leaking classified documents to Qatar.
Since Morsi's removal, Egypt has been facing a rising wave of terrorism that left hundreds of policemen and soldiers dead, most of which have been claimed by a Sinai-based militant group loyal to the Islamic State (IS) regional terrorist group.
