Hosni Mubarak: Egypt`s former dictator freed after six years in custody
(The Guardian Egypt)

Ex-president acquitted this month on all charges of murdering protesters before he was ousted in Arab spring uprising in 2011 Egypt´s former dictator Hosni Mubarak has left the Cairo military hospital where he had been held in custody for much of the past six years, his lawyer said on Friday, and returned to his home in the Cairo suburb of Heliopolis. Mubarak, 88, was acquitted by Egypt´s highest appeals court on 2 March of conspiring to kill protesters in the final verdict in a long-running case that originally resulted in him being sentenced to life in prison in 2012 over the deaths of 239 people in Arab spring protests against his rule. A separate corruption charge was overturned in January 2015. Related: Hosni Mubarak resigns - and Egypt celebrates a new dawn Continue reading...