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| Egypt court postpones Hosni Mubarak verdict to November 29 | ||
| 2014-09-28 | ||
Cairo -- An Egyptian court postponed to Nov. 29 its verdict on whether former president Hosni Mubarak ordered the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his 30-year rule. Before adjourning the hearing on Saturday, the judge said he and members of the prosecution team had not finished reviewing all the evidence in the case, which amounted to 160,000 pages.
The 86-year-old was flown by helicopter to the court at a police academy on the outskirts of Cairo, after he was wheeled on a stretcher from a military hospital in the capital, an AFP correspondent and police said. Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for three decades, is charged alongside seven of his security commanders with involvement in the deaths of hundreds of demonstrators during the 18-day uprising. He was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison in the initial trial, but an appeals court overturned the verdict on a technicality. The court on Saturday will also rule on corruption charges against Mubarak and his two sons Alaa and Gamal. Mubarak and his sons have already been sentenced to up to four years in prison in a separate corruption trial. The former president has spent much of his detention | ||
| Posted by:Steve White |