Verdict Postponed in Trial of Egypt's Mubarak
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - A verdict that was due Saturday in the trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who is charged over the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising that deposed him, has been postponed until November 29.
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak arrived at court on Saturday for the verdict in his murder retrial over the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that toppled him.
The 86-year-old was flown by helicopter to the court at a police academy on the outskirts of Cairo, after he was wheeled on a stretcher from a military hospital in the capital, an AFP correspondent and police said.
Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for three decades, is charged alongside seven of his security commanders with involvement in the deaths of hundreds of demonstrators during the 18-day uprising.
He was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison in the initial trial, but an appeals court overturned the verdict on a technicality.
The court on Saturday will also rule on corruption charges against Mubarak and his two sons Alaa and Gamal.
Mubarak and his sons have already been sentenced to up to four years in prison in a separate corruption trial.
The former president has spent much of his detention in a military hospital.
