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Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy & Baher Mohamed have been found guilty by an Egyptian court.
Australian Mr Greste was sentenced to seven years in jail.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says: "We will initiate contact to see whether an intervention by the Egyptian President is possible". Australian journalist Peter Greste and two of his Al Jazeera colleagues have been found guilty by an Egypt court of spreading false news and supporting the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood.
Greste and Mohamed Fahmy were sentenced to seven years in jail by a judge and Baher Mohamed was sentenced to 10 years. Three other journalists who were tried in absentia were handed 10-year sentences.
Hayden Cooper was in court for the verdict and said there was a look of despair on his brother Andrew Greste's face. Cooper described the scenes as "chaotic".
Peter Greste banged the cage holding him when he heard the sentence.
"We couldn't quite hear what the judge was saying but eventually it became clear the sentence was handed down," Cooper said.
"The reaction was awful basically. Everyone started shouting and then chanting and now we're just trying to find the family who are just stunned by the verdict.
"It's really quite an extraordinary scene as the family try to come to grips with what has just happened."
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Australian Mr Greste was sentenced to seven years in jail.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says: "We will initiate contact to see whether an intervention by the Egyptian President is possible". Australian journalist Peter Greste and two of his Al Jazeera colleagues have been found guilty by an Egypt court of spreading false news and supporting the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood.
Greste and Mohamed Fahmy were sentenced to seven years in jail by a judge and Baher Mohamed was sentenced to 10 years. Three other journalists who were tried in absentia were handed 10-year sentences.
Hayden Cooper was in court for the verdict and said there was a look of despair on his brother Andrew Greste's face. Cooper described the scenes as "chaotic".
Peter Greste banged the cage holding him when he heard the sentence.
"We couldn't quite hear what the judge was saying but eventually it became clear the sentence was handed down," Cooper said.
"The reaction was awful basically. Everyone started shouting and then chanting and now we're just trying to find the family who are just stunned by the verdict.
"It's really quite an extraordinary scene as the family try to come to grips with what has just happened."
Australians are talking about their own. Read what Facebook is saying
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