Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi said Saturday that he refused to eat in prison because he cannot trust the food provided to him.
The former President, addressing the Cairo Criminal Court, said he had refused to eat "food provided by prison officials, which, had I eaten it, a crime would have occurred," according to Anadolu Agency.
Morsi also told court that he had been subject to a poisoning attempt by prison officials. "I faced five incidents inside prison which posed as a direct threat on my life," Morsi said during court proceeding, according to an eyewitness present in court, Aswat Masriya reported.
He also requested the court to provide him access to doctors, as he claimed he was suffering from low blood sugar levels, according to Press TV. Additionally, he expressed his desire to meet his defence team to discuss threat to his life in prison.
The Court granted him medical access and referred him to a medical team for examination. The Cairo court resumed hearing evidence in the so-called Qatar espionage trial of Morsi, along with 10 others members of Muslim Brotherhood, according to Al Jazeera.
Morsi, leader of now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, was sentenced to death in a prison escape trial and was sentenced to life in prison for an espionage case in June this year. He was ousted in July 2013 by then military chief and current present President Abdal Fattah el-Sisi.
