Egyptian court upholds prison sentences for Mubarak, sons
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EGYPT’S deposed leader Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were yesterday sentenced to three years in prison and a fine in a retrial on corruption charges.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether the term will include time Mubarak has already served since his country’s 2011 revolt.
Mubarak and his two sons were found guilty of embezzling millions of dollars of state funds over the course of a decade that were meant to pay for renovating and maintaining presidential palaces, but were instead spent on upgrading the family’s private homes.
Mubarak was sentenced to three years in the first trial, his sons to four. He later appealed, sparking the retrial.
Supporters shouted in anger yesterday as Judge Hassan Hassanin announced his verdict, which included a 125 million Egyptian pound (US$16.3 million) fine to be paid among the three men, as well as the return of 21 million Egyptian pounds they embezzled.
“We believe in you. We trust Mubarak,” they yelled, as several women there began crying over the verdict.
None of the three men had a visible reaction to the verdict.
A lawyer for Mubarak said the judge’s decision can be appealed.
Some of those backing Mubarak wore T-shirts emblazoned with the former leader’s face. They waved and blew kisses as he entered the courtroom.
Many Egyptians view Gamal, Mubarak’s one-time heir apparent, and his brother, wealthy businessman Alaa, as the pillars of a corrupt administration that struck an alliance with the mega-rich at the expense of the poor.
Images of Gamal making public appearances have circulated on social media, first at a funeral last month and then last weekend with his family at the Giza pyramids. Mubarak has been held at a military hospital in Cairo amid his trials, waving to supporters on his 87th birthday on Monday.
The rise of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who has vowed stability after four years of turmoil and taken a tough line against dissent, has encouraged Mubarak supporters and upended the depiction of the revolution in the media, where activists now are most often cast as troublemakers or foreign agents.
Hundreds of the young activists from the 2011 revolt now are either languishing in prison on charges of breaking a protest law or have left the country.
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