Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi said he has refrained from eating in prison, fearing for his life, in a trial session on Saturday, an eyewitness said. The former president, ousted by the military in July 2013 following mass protests against his rule, addressed the court saying he faced “five incidents inside prison which posed as a direct threat on his life,” the eyewitness said. If Morsi had eaten the food he was offered in prison on July 22, he reportedly told the court, it would have led to a “crime”. The former president requested that he be inspected by a medical committee due to his “worryingly low blood sugar”. He also called for a meeting with his defense team to inform them of threatening “incidents” he faced. Morsi, who became Egypt’s president in June 2012 after the first democratic elections in the country, is facing trial alongside 10 others, including two of his aides over accusations of leaking classified national intelligence to the Qatari intelligence. The trial was adjourned until Sunday. Held in custody since his ouster, Morsi has faced five separate trials and was convicted in three of…
