news : Hosni Mubarak Sentenced to Prison Due To Corruption Case

from : AFP
CAIRO - Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to prison for three years . The verdict was handed down after Mubarak deemed guilty of graft .

Besides Mubarak , his two children were also sentenced to prison . Alaa and Gamal , respectively sentenced to imprisonment for four years . But two other suspects in the corruption case acquitted of all charges .

Mubarak along with his son was accused of embezzling £ 8 million . The funds are used for the treatment of Egyptian Presidential Palace .



At trial , Mubarak uses gray suit . But the appearance of being locked up necisnya lost behind bars during the trial . While both sons using white prison clothes , standing next to Mubarak .

Technically, the 86-year -old man was considered to be free after the court ordered him acquitted last 2013 . However , Mubarak required to be in the military hospital .

" The owner of public property ( Presidential Palace ) is the people , " the judge said Osama Shaheen who read the verdict , as quoted by Reuters on Wednesday ( 05/21/2014 ) .

But the verdict was opposed by lawyers Mubarak . " We will appeal , " said Mostafa Ali , one of the Mubarak lawyer .

Mubarak was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2012 for murder of protesters who opposed his rule . But it lost the appeal verdict and now he must face punishment for different cases .