Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had his three-year prison sentence on corruption charges overturned by a court on Tuesday.
The court also ordered a retrial in the case, the sole case still pending against him.
A lower court had handed down the jail sentence against Mubarak in May last year after convicting him of embezzling more than 100,000 Egyptian pounds (about $14 million) earmarked for the maintenance of presidential palaces.
It had also handed down four-year jail sentences against the toppled leader’s sons, Alaa and Gamal.
The move follows a court decision in November to drop murder charges against the 86-year-old former leader over the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his three decades of autocratic rule.
The decision to drop the charges sparked protests at universities across Egypt and prompted mockery online. At least two people were killed and nine wounded when security forces fired tear gas and birdshot to disperse about 1,000 protesters trying to enter Tahrir Square — the symbolic heart of the uprising that ousted Mubarak… see more
source: alarabiya.net
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