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| Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak in the courtroom (Image: Yahoo) |
Cairo Criminal
Court has declared its verdict in the corruption case of Egypt’s former
President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, on Saturday, 9 May.
Hosni Mubarak was declared guilty in the graft case and received three years
prison term, while his two sons received four years in prison respectively.
The case centers
on the embezzlement of $ 14 million of state money aimed for renovation of the
presidential palaces. It was stated that this amount of money was used by
former Egypt’s President and his sons for renovation of their private
residences in Cairo and on the Red Sea Coast, in the city of Sharm El-Sheikh,
as well as the family owned farm.
