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Egypt court to rule in Mubarak's corruption trial in May

28 March 2014 02:51 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. An Egyptian court on Thursday set May 12 as a date for issuing a verdict in the trial of ex-president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons on corruption charges, judicial sources said, APA reports quoting Anadolu Agency.

Mubarak, his two sons and four other people are accused of confiscating $18 million from the budget allocated for the presidential palaces, fabricating official documents and intentionally squandering public funds.

During a trial session on Thursday, judges had to suspend the proceedings for minutes when the ex-octogenarian president's health deteriorated.

The ex-president is accused of using presidential palace funds in constructing buildings and buying furniture for his two sons between 2002 and 2011.

Mubarak, his sons and interior minister Habib al-Adly are also tried on charges of inciting the killing of demonstrators during the January 25 uprising that brought his autocracy to an end in 2011.

In late 2012, he and al-Adly were both sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing demonstrators, but the court later ordered a retrial after the former president's lawyers successfully appealed the sentence.