Egypt court acquits Mubarak of protesters killing (Lead)
Thursday - March 2, 2017 10:34 pm ,
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Egypt court acquits Mubarak of protesters killing (Lead)
Cairo March 2 (IANS) An Egyptian court issued a final verdict on Thursday confirming acquittal of former President Hosni Mubarak on the charges of being responsible for killing protesters who joined the 2011 uprising that ended his three-decade rule official MENA news agency reported.
Mubarak 89 who is currently staying in a military hospital in Cairo has previously been acquitted of the same charges in 2015 but the prosecution then appealed the verdict.
Thursday s ruling issued by the Court of Cassation is considered final and unappealable.
This was the second retrial after Mubarak was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2012 and then acquitted of the same charges two years later.
--IANS
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