Australian journalist Peter Greste awaits Egyptian terror-retrial verdict

1	Australian journalist Peter Greste arrives home after being deported from Egypt.
2	An Egyptian court will decide on Thursday if Australian journalist Peter Greste is convicted in a retrial on terrorism charges.
3	Mr Greste's career as a foreign correspondent is on the line, as he awaits the verdict from Cairo at his Brisbane home.
4	The reporter was deported by Egypt in February, after 400 days behind bars.
5	He and his two Al Jazeera colleagues had been serving seven to 10-year sentences for aiding a terrorist group.
6	They were found to have produced false news in support of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group, which was declared a terrorist organisation after Morsi was ousted by the Egyptian military.
7	In January, Egypt's highest court threw out the verdicts and ordered the men face a retrial, citing procedural flaws in the initial case.
8	Mr Greste was deported before the retrial began on the orders of Morsi's successor Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
9	Mr Greste says he's anxious about Thursday's verdict because he has been unable to return to Egypt to mount a defence without violating Mr al-Sisi's order.
10	He says a conviction on terrorism charges would have a devastating effect on his career as a foreign correspondent, restricting his ability to travel to countries possessing extradition arrangements with Egypt.
11	Mr Greste's colleagues, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed are free on bail in Egypt awaiting the verdict, but reporting to police daily.
12	Mr Greste said he hoped the court would accept that there was a complete absence of evidence to support the charges.
13	"If the court follows the evidence, we'll be fine," he said.
14	"But I'm still deeply concerned about the prospect of a conviction."
15	The first trial was condemned worldwide by human rights groups as politically motivated.
16	The United Nations questioned Egypt's judicial independence.
17	Foreign Minister Julie Bishop this month told her Egyptian counterpart that Mr Greste must be cleared of all charges.