Egypt's Ousted Leader Mubarak Gets Three Years In Jail

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
21 May 2014
Tags:
Egypt, Governance, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Conflict, Peace and Security

An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced ousted president Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison on charges of stealing public funds. As Mubarak looked on from a cage flanked by his sons, who were sentenced to four years in jail on the same charges, Judge Osama Shaheen said, "He should have treated people close and far from him equally.

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