{"id":51487,"date":"2014-09-27T08:31:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T08:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=51487"},"modified":"2014-09-27T08:31:17","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T08:31:17","slug":"hosni-mubarak-verdict-due-in-protester-killing-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=51487","title":{"rendered":"Hosni Mubarak: Verdict due in protester killing trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Egyptian court is due to return a verdict in the retrial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on charges of corruption and killing protesters during the 2011 uprising.<\/p>\n

Mubarak, 86, is on trial alongside his sons and a former interior minister.<\/p>\n

He was initially found guilty of the charges in 2012 and sentenced to life in prison, but a court later overturned the conviction on technical grounds.<\/p>\n

Mubarak ruled Egypt for almost 30 years before being ousted in the uprising.<\/p>\n

He stood down after weeks of unrest ended in the deaths of hundreds of protesters across the country.<\/p>\n

The current retrial began in April 2013, and has been adjourned several times since.<\/p>\n

Changing evidence<\/p>\n

In August, Mubarak was allowed to give a court-room speech broadcast on Egyptian television.<\/p>\n

In the speech, he defended his human rights record and said he did his best to fulfil his duties as president.<\/p>\n

“I spent my whole life defending Egypt and its sons. I say before God, you and the people that I have spent my life fighting the enemies of the country,” he said.<\/p>\n

Commentators say that Mubarak could be acquitted after several witnesses changed their evidence in his favour.<\/p>\n

Mubarak is already serving a three-year prison sentence for embezzlement of public funds.<\/p>\n

In August, a court ordered Mubarak’s release from prison and transfer to a military hospital in Cairo, where he is being held.<\/p>\n

He was found guilty in 2012 of the charge relating to killing protesters along with former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, and sentenced to life in prison.<\/p>\n

But in January 2013 the Court of Cassation upheld an appeal by the two men against their convictions on technical grounds and ordered a retrial.<\/p>\n

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Mubarak is currently being held under house arrest at the Maadi Military Hospital<\/div>\n

His sons Alaa and Gamal are currently serving four-year prison terms for embezzlement of state funds.<\/p>\n

Together with their father they were also fined $3m (\u00a31.8m) and ordered to repay the $17.6m they were accused of stealing.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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