Zaqaziq Criminal Court handed down on Sunday jail sentences against 47 members of the Muslim Brotherhood over violence charges.

The sentences range between three to 15 years in jail.

The court also postponed till July 30 uttering verdicts against 31 other defendants in violence cases.

All defendants face charges of joining a terrorist group, breaking the protest law, disrupting public order, sabotaging public property, resisting authorities and possessing firearms.