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Senior Egyptian Brotherhood figure says Mursi trial a travesty of justice

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The trial of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi was a travesty of justice controlled by the government, a senior figure from the Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday, after Mursi was sentenced to 20 years in prison. "His trial has been a travesty of justice, which has been scripted and controlled by the government and entirely unsupported by evidence," Amr Darrag, a former minister under Mursi, said in a statement in Istanbul. "They want to pass a life sentence for democracy in Egypt." (Reporting by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Dasha Afanasieva)