An Egyptian court has overturned the fraud convictions of former President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons and ordered a retrial. Mubarak was imprisoned for three years in May 2014 after he was found guilty of fraudulently billing the government for $14m of personal expenses. But the court has now ruled that legal procedures were…
Egypt: Mubarak jailed for embezzlement
A court in Egypt has sentenced Hosni Mubarak, former President to three years in prison after finding him guilty of embezzling public funds. Alaa and Gamal, his two sons, were also convicted and handed four-year jail terms. The three were also fined $3m and ordered to repay the $17.6m they were accused of stealing. The…