Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Egypt court to deliver Mubarak trial verdict on 2 June

Relatives of people killed in the revolution shouted outside the court in Cairo, demanding the death penalty for Mr Mubarak

The judge in the trial of Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak has said he will deliver his verdict on 2 June.
On the final day of six months of hearings, Mr Mubarak turned down the chance to address the court.
His former interior minister, who is also on trial, blamed "foreigners" for the deaths of protesters last February.
The two men deny ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that forced the former dictator to step down after three decades in power.
The former Interior Minister, Habib al-Adly, addressed the court for an hour and a half during the final hearing on Wednesday, according to Egyptian state media.
Mr Mubarak told the judge he had no comment.
"What the lawyer said is enough," he said, according to Associated Press news agency.
Both men could face the death penalty if convicted, along with six senior police officers, who are co-defendants.
Mr Mubarak's two sons - one-time heir apparent Gamal, and Alaa - are facing separate charges of corruption with their father in the same trial.
The business tycoon, Hussein Salem, is also being tried in absentia.
All the defendants have denied the charges.
The former dictator has been held in a military hospital since the trial began last year.
Prosecutors told the court at Wednesday's hearing that the medical wing of Cairo's Tura prison was now ready to receive Mr Mubarak, according to Agence France-Presse news agency.

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