BREAKING NEWS: Mubarak acquitted
Hosni Mubarak
Former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak was Monday acquitted in one of the cases for which he is detained but he remains jailed, Egyptian state TV reported.Mubarak is expecting to be freed from jail after being cleared of corruption charges.
Mubarak was toppled from power in February 2011 following an uprising and has been held by authorities since.
He has made numerous appearances at Cairo’s courthouse since on charges relating to the death of protesters during the revolution and of corruption.
However, according to his lawyer Fareed El Deeb, judicial authorities ordered that 85-year-old Mubarak should be released in one of the remaining corruption charges against him.
He said that the only legal grounds for the former leader’s detention would be another corruption case, which is expected to be concluded later this week. – Skynews
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