DHAKA: Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to three years in jail on corruption charges after a retrial in Cairo.

His sons were given four years each in the same case which centers on the embezzlement of $14m earmarked for renovation of presidential palaces.

The original conviction was overturned on 13 January over legal procedures.

This was the last court case hanging over Mubarak, who was toppled in the 2011 uprising, reports the BBC.

BDST: 1646 HRS, MAY 09, 2015
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