More on the Al-Jazeera journalists sentenced to seven years in jail.

A court in Cairo convicted Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed of spreading false news and supporting the now banned Islamist group. The trio had denied the charges. Nine defendants tried in absentia, including three foreign journalists, received 10-year sentences.

Brother of jailed al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste, says he is gutted, devastated, dumbfounded, shattered."

The trial has caused an international outcry amid claims it was politicised.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told reporters on Monday she was "bitterly disappointed" by the outcome.

Greste, a former BBC journalist, is an Australian citizen."I simply cannot understand how a court could come to this conclusion," she said.

Correspondents say evidence put forward earlier in court did nothing to support the serious charges brought.