Overthrown Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak will be released from detention in a military hospital, the public prosecutor ruled on Monday, his lawyers and judicial sources said.
Reports suggested Mubarak will return to his private residence in Cairo’s upscale district of Heliopolis, located near the Ettihadia presidential palace.
In a phone interview with Egyptian newspaper Sawt al-Omma, Mubarak said he was in good health and that when the acquittal procedures are over, he will return home but not to Sharm al-Sheikh. However, he did not elaborate any further.
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.
He had one more jail sentence to serve but was cleared after serving time for the murder charges, judicial sources and the state news agency said.
The prosecution subtracted the time served in the murder case from the time he was meant to serve for a separate case in which he was found guilty of appropriating funds reserved for maintaining presidential palaces.
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.
(With agencies)
Also Read
-
Life after acquittal: Mubarak returns to private mansion after leaving military hospital
With curtains down on “the trial of the century,” the family of Egypt’s ousted president Hosni Mubarak is preparing to welcome him ... Features -
LISTEN: What did Mubarak say in a phone call about his acquittal?
Egyptian newspaper Sawt al-Omma has published an interview with former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak after he was acquitted of the 2011 protestors ... Features -
The story of Mubarak’s innocence
After several legal rounds and trial sessions, what was expected happened: the Egyptian Court of Cassation acquitted Hosni Mubarak, the ousted or ... Middle East -
Mubarak’s innocence through the eyes of history
After the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917, Tsar Nicholas II was arrested and accused of several charges. In the following year, he was executed ... Middle East
