The Court of Cassation, Egypt's top appeals court, announced that it
had overturned the three men's convictions for embezzlement and ordered a
retrial at a brief session on Tuesday morning Jan 13,2015
At the original trial, prosecutors alleged that Mr Mubarak and his sons had billed the government for more than 100,000 Egyptian pounds of personal expenses for several private homes and a public palace that was fraudulently transferred to their ownership.
Other expenses included renovating a villa, and building a new palace wing to accommodate one of Mr Mubarak's granddaughters and a mausoleum for a grandson who died, they said.
Evidence submitted by the prosecutors included more than a thousand original and forged receipts.
When a new court is assigned for the retrial, the judges could order Mr Mubarak to be freed because no convictions against him remain.
Egypt's former president can now celebrate another legal victory.
After years of court cases, his last conviction has been overturned - though he faces a retrial.
Note
Hosni Mubarak was jailed for three years in May 2014 after being found guilty of fraudulently billing the government for $14m (£9.3m) of personal expenses.
At the original trial, prosecutors alleged that Mr Mubarak and his sons had billed the government for more than 100,000 Egyptian pounds of personal expenses for several private homes and a public palace that was fraudulently transferred to their ownership.
Other expenses included renovating a villa, and building a new palace wing to accommodate one of Mr Mubarak's granddaughters and a mausoleum for a grandson who died, they said.
Evidence submitted by the prosecutors included more than a thousand original and forged receipts.
When a new court is assigned for the retrial, the judges could order Mr Mubarak to be freed because no convictions against him remain.
Egypt's former president can now celebrate another legal victory.
After years of court cases, his last conviction has been overturned - though he faces a retrial.
Note
Hosni Mubarak was jailed for three years in May 2014 after being found guilty of fraudulently billing the government for $14m (£9.3m) of personal expenses.
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