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Ex-Egyptian Hosni Mubarak president gets jail for life
Saturday June 02, 2012 07:53:20 PM,
IANS
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Cairo: A court in
Cairo sentenced Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak to life
imprisonment Saturday for his involvement in protestors' killings
during last year's uprising, BBC reported.
Mubarak, 84, is the first Arab leader being tried by his own
people since the wave of uprising began in Tunisia in late 2010.
The former Egyptian president was held guilty for his role in the
killing of some 900 protesters during the 18-day revolt that
overthrew him last February, Al Jazeera reported. He was convicted
after a 10-month trial in a special court.
The judge suspended the session as shouting and scuffles erupted
in court just as the verdict was read out.
According to BBC, former interior minister Habib al-Adly also
received a life sentence over the deaths of demonstrators. Mubarak
and his two sons -- Gamal and Alaa -- were acquitted on separate
charges of corruption.
This was caused by the court's decision to acquit four senior
aides to Adly, who are also widely blamed for the death of
protesters.
The trial was taking place in the police academy that was once
named after Mubarak on Cairo's outskirts.
Mubarak, who ruled the country for 30 years, faced a possible
death sentence over the killings by security forces last year.
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