CAIRO: An Egyptian court postponed Thursday its verdict in the retrial of three Al-Jazeera journalists accused of supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

Australian Peter Greste, Canadian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohamed were jailed last year for “spreading false news” during their coverage of the turmoil after the army ousted President Muhammad Mursi in 2013.

Greste, who has since been deported, and Fahmy received seven years in the initial trial, while Mohamed was jailed for 10 years.

An appeals court ordered a retrial, saying the verdict lacked evidence against the three journalists working for the Doha-based network’s English channel.

On Thursday, the court did not hold its much-anticipated session, with a defense lawyer saying he had been told it was postponed.