Egyptian court sentences ex-President Mubarak to three years in prison for corruption

[DonViejo]

Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

An Egyptian court sentenced ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in prison on Saturday after a retrial for embezzlement.

Mubarak and his sons Alaa and Gamal were present in the caged dock, wearing suits and sunglasses. Mubarak’s lawyers may try to appeal the verdict.

They had already been sentenced to three years on the same charges but an appeal court overturned the original verdict.

It was not immediately clear whether the sentencing took into account time served. The three had all been arrested in 2011, months after Mubarak was toppled in a popular 18-day uprising after three decades in power.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/egyptian-court-sentences-ex-president-mubarak-to-three-years-in-prison-for-corruption/

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1. If only our government had the intestinal fortitude...

...to bring certain crooks who were in our government to justice...

[JonLP24]

2. What a joke

They are handing down life sentences for showing up at a protest in rapid mass trials but can't even get more 3 years for Mubarak?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. Someone got paid for this deal.