Mubarak retrial in graft case postponed to Apr 29

A court today postponed the retrial of former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak and his two sons for alleged corruption during his rule till the end of this month.
Mubarak and his sons Gamal and Alaa are charged with acquiring about USD 17.9 million from the presidential palace budget and using the money for the construction and development of family-owned assets.
They are also charged with forging official documents and wilfully damaging public property.
The court postponed the retrial till April 29.
Last May, Mubarak was handed down a three-year prison sentence and his sons got four years each in the same case.

Collectively, they were fined USD 2.96 million and are required to USD 17.9 million. The court had accepted Mubarak's appeal on his three-year jail sentence for graft last January.

The Cassation Court then cancelled the verdict and ordered a retrial. Mubarak's sons were also released from prison pending trials.
During today's session, the prosecution called on the criminal court for maximum punishment for the former president and his two sons, during the first session of the retrial.
Mubarak and his seven former security commanders, including former interior minister Habib al-Adly, were cleared in November last year on charges of killing anti-government protesters during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.

Mubarak, 86, was retried on charges of complicity in the killing of unarmed protesters during the revolution that ended his 30-year rule.
In 2012, Mubarak was sentenced to 25 years in jail but the verdict was successfully appealed in January, 2013 as the presiding judge ruled that there was not enough evidence presented by the prosecution.