19-08-2013, 12:15 PM
Former Egypt president Hosni Mubarak to be freed after being cleared in corruption case, lawyer says
Updated August 19, 2013 21:00:29Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who was overthrown in an uprising in 2011, will be released from jail within days after a prosecutor cleared him in a corruption case, his lawyer says.
Fareed El-Deeb has told Reuters news agency the judicial authorities had ordered Mubarak, 85, be released in one of the remaining corruption cases against him.
The only legal grounds for Mubarak's continued detention rests on another corruption case which will be cleared up later this week, Mr El-Deeb said.
"All we have left is a simple administrative procedure that should take no more than 48 hours," he said.
"He should be freed by the end of the week."
Mubarak still faces a retrial on charges of complicity in the murder of protesters during the 2011 revolt.
The security situation in the Sinai Peninsula has deteriorated since Mubarak was overthrown and has become significantly worse since the army ousted president Mohamed Morsi on July 3.
Hundreds of people have been killed in violence between militants and security forces.
Reuters
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-19/nm...se/4898044
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