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Egyptian court acquits top Mubarak era officials on graft charges: sources
Source: Reuters
Egyptian court acquits top Mubarak era officials on graft charges: sources
CAIRO Tue Feb 24, 2015 3:47am EST
(Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Tuesday acquitted two top Hosni Mubarak-era officials of graft charges at a retrial, judicial sources said, a day after a prominent activist was sentenced to five years in jail.
Former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, and former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly were both charged with illegal profiting and squandering public funds.
Nazif and Adly had been sentenced to a one-year suspended jail term, and a five-year jail term respectively in 2011. They appealed against the verdict and the High Court ordered the retrial.
The trials of Mubarak-era figures have generally seen them cleared of charges, while liberal and Islamist activists are getting lengthy sentences.
(Reporting by Mahmoud Mourad; Editing by Yara Bayoumy and Alison Williams)
CAIRO Tue Feb 24, 2015 3:47am EST
(Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Tuesday acquitted two top Hosni Mubarak-era officials of graft charges at a retrial, judicial sources said, a day after a prominent activist was sentenced to five years in jail.
Former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, and former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly were both charged with illegal profiting and squandering public funds.
Nazif and Adly had been sentenced to a one-year suspended jail term, and a five-year jail term respectively in 2011. They appealed against the verdict and the High Court ordered the retrial.
The trials of Mubarak-era figures have generally seen them cleared of charges, while liberal and Islamist activists are getting lengthy sentences.
(Reporting by Mahmoud Mourad; Editing by Yara Bayoumy and Alison Williams)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/24/us-egypt-court-idUSKBN0LS0O120150224
