Egypt court overturns Hosni Mubarak's 3-year jail term for graft

January 13, 2015 14:05

Court in Egypt orders retrial for ex-president Hosni Mubarak, overturning 3 year prison sentence for corruption.

Ousted president Hosni Mubarak was tried along with his two sons for embezzling almost EGP 126m from state funds in the case.

The court sentenced Mubarak in May to three years in a maximum security prison, and his sons Alaa and Gamal to four years each. The court also fined the three collectively EGP 125m in addition to repaying EGP 21m.

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

IPL 2024 MVP: Sunil Narine Races Away

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2024 after Match 54.

Digvijaya Singh Eyes Old Turf Again

'This is my last election; hence, I need people's support and blessing to achieve and ensure victory.'

BJP, Congress Pull Up Sleeves In Gujarat

After BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal's Surat win, Gujarat will see 25 Lok Sabha seats go to polls on May 7 with 266 candidates in the fray.

Phase III: Touch And Go Seats

Polling for the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections for 94 seats will take place today, covering 11 States and Union Territory.

ED recovers Rs 35 cr from domestic help of J'khand minister's secretary

The premises are alleged to be of the domestic help of Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam's personal secretary Sanjiv Lal.