<sod >Earlier on Monday the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he had issued a last-ditch plea to Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi that his countryman Greste was innocent of the charges.< eod>< sod > " Australia's ambassador Ralph King also said his president and prime minister would make their disappointment clear, after Tony Abbott earlier said he had issued a last-ditch plea to Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi that his Greste was innocent of the charges.< eod>