#Egypt court overturns Mubarak’s prison sentence, orders retrial
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A file picture taken on May 21, 2014, Egypt’s deposed president #Hosni_Mubarak waves from behind the accused cage during his trial in Cairo. Photo: AFP/Hassan Mohamed
An Egyptian court on Tuesday overturned a three-year prison sentence against ousted president Hosni Mubarak on corruption charges and ordered a retrial. A lower court had handed down the jail term in May last year after convicting him of embezzling more than 100 million 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 three-year prison term is the only current prison sentence levied against Mubarak. read (...)