Breaking news: Egypt court sentences ex-president Mubarak to life in prison

2012. június 2 11:23

Breaking news: Egypt court sentences ex-president Mubarak to life in prison

Mideast region awaits verdict in historic Mubarak trial

LIVE BLOG: Minute-by-minute updates as judges deliver the verdict in the trial of ex-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in Cairo over the killing of 846 protesters in the Arab Spring uprisings.

By Avi Issacharoff, Jack Khoury and Reuters | Jun.02, 2012 | 11:22 AM
 
 
An image grab taken from Egyptian state TV shows ex-Egyptian president Mubarak sitting in court .

An image grab taken from Egyptian state TV shows ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak sitting inside a cage in a courtroom during his verdict hearing in Cairo on June 2, 2012.Photo by AFP
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An image grab taken from Egyptian state TV shows ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak being wheeled on a stretcher into a court in Cairo on June 2, 2012Photo by AFP
 
 

11:44 Egyptians are celebrating outside the courthouse, television images show people in court were chanting „The people want the judiciary cleansed” (of Mubarak-era officials). One man held up a sign calling for Mubarak to be executed, others chanted for a death sentence.

11:41 Mubarak’s sons Gamal and Alaa acquitted of corruption charges.

11:35 Judges say Mubarak not served with death sentence because there was no clear evidence that gave a direct order to kill protesters. Clashes taking place outside the courthouse in Cairo.

11:30 Former interior minister Habib al-Adly also served with life sentence.

11:23 Judges sentence Mubarak to life in prison.