Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 13-03-2017
Judicial sources and the lawyer for former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak say the ousted leader will be released from detention in a military hospital.
State media reports suggest Mubarak will return to his private residence in Cairo’s upscale district of Heliopolis, located near the Ettihadia presidential palace.
Mubarak’s lawyer Farid El Deeb says the ageing former president would likely be released Tuesday or soon after, but would be barred from leaving the country pending an ongoing corruption investigation.
In a phone interview with Egyptian newspaper Sawt al-Omma, Mubarak says he was in good health and that when the acquittal procedures are over, he will return home but not to Sharm al-Sheikh.
Mubarak was cleared of murder charges this month in his final trial, having faced various charges ranging from corruption to ordering the killing of protesters who ended his 30-year-rule.
Mubarak was originally sentenced to life in prison in 2012 for conspiring to murder 239 demonstrators during the 18-day revolt – an uprising that sowed chaos and created a security vacuum but also inspired hope for democracy and social justice.
An appeals court ordered a retrial that culminated in 2014 in the case against Mubarak and his senior officials being dropped.
An appeal by the public prosecution led to a final retrial by the Court of Cassation, the highest in the country, which acquitted him on March 2.
– Agencies
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